APP. Ill 



DANISH TUBERCULOSIS ACT 431 



tunity offered to them by this Act of having their cattle subjected 

 to the tuberculin test shall be sent direct to the Minister of Agri- 

 culture. 



g ec> 2. Importation of live cattle from abroad shall only take 

 place at such places as are mentioned in the regulations issued by 

 the Minister of Agriculture. Immediately after their arrival the 

 animals shall be quarantined, and shall, in accordance with the 

 regulations of the veterinary police, be subjected to the tuberculin 

 test, according to regulations issued by the Minister of Agriculture, 

 within five days after their arrival at the quarantine stable. After 

 the test the non-reacting animals shall be left at the disposal of 

 the owner, while the reacting animals shall either be returned or 

 taken direct to a public slaughter-house, or to a slaughter-house 

 recognised by the Minister of Agriculture, where same shall be 

 destroyed under control of the veterinary police. The expenses 

 incurred in providing the requisite quarantine stables at the places 

 of import, as well as the expenses of the tuberculin tests, but none 

 of the expenses attendant on the other measures mentioned in this 

 section, shall be borne by the State. 



The regulations relating to tuberculin tests, mentioned in Sec. 1, 

 shall also apply to such other diagnostic remedies as may be recom- 

 mended by veterinary authorities for the combating of tuberculosis 

 among cattle, and are approved by the Minister of Agriculture. 



Sec. 3. Animals imported for killing purposes may be ex- 

 empted from quarantining and the tuberculin tests ordered in 

 See. 2. Such animals shall, after having been branded (see Sec. 4), 

 be taken direct to a public slaughter-house or to a slaughter-house 

 recognised by the Minister of Agriculture. 



The Minister of Agriculture shall be entitled to permit cattle 

 imported for killing purposes after having been marked being 

 taken direct to a cattle-market, where the animals shall be stabled 

 so as to be, in the opinion of the veterinary police, duly isolated 

 from all other cattle. From this place they shall be taken direct 

 to a public slaughter-house or to a slaughter-house recognised by 

 the Minister of Agriculture. The animals imported for killing 

 purposes mentioned in this section shall be killed within ten days 

 after their arrival in this country. 



Sec. 4. The Minister of Agriculture shall issue regulations for 

 the marking of the imported animals. 



Sec. 5. Cows suffering from tuberculosis of the udder shall be 

 killed, in accordance with the regulations of the State, under con- 

 trol of the veterinary police or in a public slaughter-house. The 

 owner shall be entitled to a compensation for the animal, amount- 

 ing to one-third of the market value of the carcase, calculated at 

 the current price, according to regulations issued by the Minister 

 of Agriculture. The owner shall further be entitled to a com- 



