IV. ANIMAL HUSBANDRY. SANITARY POLICE 



In execution of the law relating to the sanitary police of 

 domestic animals of Dec. 3o, 1882, the Government has 

 framed several regulations for the protection of horses 

 and cattle against contagious diseases-. 



These regulations prescribe a series of measures which 

 concern the keeping of domestic animals in the interior of 

 the country and enforce a stringent control over the 

 importation of foreign animals. .. 



In order to facilitate the execution of measures applicable 

 to the animals which ate in the country, the Government 

 publishes leaflets on the subject of preventive hygiene, for 

 the use of farmers, and grants indemnities, sometimes very 

 high, in the case of slaughter of animals attacked or sus- 

 pected of being attacked by contagious diseases. It also 

 grants indemnities in certain cases of seizure of animals 

 declared to be unfit for human good. (Cattle and swine 

 tuberculosis.) 



The rate of these indemnities and the conditions which 

 define their allowance are fixed by Royal Decrees. 



The application of the sanitary police measures has 

 brought about very happy results in the interests of far- 

 mers, for instance, the complete disappearance of cattle 

 plague, contagious pleuro-pneumonia, and of mouth and 

 foot disease and the almost complete disappearance of 

 glanders and farcy. 



Removal and destruction of animal carcases unfit for 

 consumption on account of contagious diseases. 



It has been proved that there is serious danger, as 

 regards the interests of agriculture and public health, in 

 burying carcases attacked wilh contagious diseases. 



In order to deal with this matter, the legislature, by a 

 law of April 4 th 1900, authorises the Minister of Agri- 

 culture to contract for undertaking the removal and 

 destruction of these carcases and a Royal Decree of 



