184 GENERAL THERAPEUTICS FOR VETERINARIANS 



5 per cent, carbolic acid solution), by the rinderpest law (April 7, 

 1869), and by the military-veterinary instructions for the service 

 horses of the army. These laws and regulations contain definite 

 instructions concerning cleaning and disinfectant agents (water, 

 soap water, soda lye, freshly-slaked lime, calcium chloride, solu- 

 tions of carbolic acid and cresol, cresol-sulphuric acid mixture, 

 corrosive sublimate, formaldehyde, fire), methods of cleaning and 

 disinfecting, and the procedure to be followed in the different 

 infections (anthrax, rabies, glanders, foot-and-mouth disease, 

 lung plague, sheep-pox, swine erysipelas, swine plague, hog cholera, 

 tuberculosis, mange, fowl cholera, fowl pest and rinderpest). 



I. SUPPLEMENT A TO THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THE FEDERAL 



COUNCIL, DECEMBER 25, 1911 (DISINFECTION IN 



INFECTIOUS DISEASES) 



Regulations for Disinfection in Infectious Diseases 



I. General 



§ 1. Cleaning and disinfection is to be done according to these regulations 

 under the observation and direction of the official veterinarian and under 

 police supervision. 



§ 2. The disinfection process includes cleaning and disinfection. The 

 cleaning must regularly precede the disinfection; this does not forbid a pre- 

 liminary disinfection before beginning the cleaning (see §5, No. 10; §6, 

 subdivision 2). 



II. Cleaning 



§ 3. Persons must wash with warm water and soap the hands and other 

 parts of the body which may have been soiled; in case of necessity these parts 

 must also be subjected to a preliminary disinfection (§ 5, No. 10). The clothing 

 and foot-gear, when not changed, are to be brushed with soap and water to 

 remove attached dirt. 



§ 4. Animals are to have the surface of the body, especially the hoofs and 

 claws, cleaned of attached dirt by careful washing or some other suitable 

 process. When necessary the hoofs and claws are to be trimmed out. 



§ 5. Stables and other places of accommodation are to be treated as 

 follows: 



1. Manure and other gross dirt, straw, feed residue, straw packing, and 

 similar substances are to be removed and disposed of according to Nos. 9 

 and 10. Only the upper layer need be removed from the manure piles in 



