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3. Manxire and bedding must be removed from infected premises to the 

 field and plowed under without the use of cattle from other premises. If 

 it cannot be plowed under at once, it must be piled up in heaps and cattle 

 must not be permitted to come in contact with it for at least 2 weeks. 



4. At the final disinfection, the infected stable and other compartments 

 on the infected premises which have been occupied by diseased or suspected 

 animals or their cadavers, the equipment and utensils which have come in 

 contact with such animals, and the clothing and foot-gear of the attendants 

 are to be cleaned, and disinfected as directed in § 13. 



5. Feed and straw stored in the infected stables or over such stables 

 above a loose ceiling must not be removed from the premises after the disease 

 has been stamped out. These materials may be used for horses, swine or sheep, 

 but must be placed where cattle cannot come in contact with them. If they 

 cannot be disposed of in this way, they are to be treated in the same manner 

 as the manure. 



Sheep-pox 

 § 21. 1. The attendants who have cared for diseased or suspected sheep 

 in infected premises, those persons who have been engaged in shearing, slaugh- 

 tering or transporting such animals, and other persons who have come in con- 

 tact with diseased or suspected animals or who visit stables in which such 

 animals are kept, must, before leaving the infected premises, change or clean 

 and disinfect their clothing and foot-gear and must also clean and disinfect 

 the hands and other parts of the body which may have come in contact with 

 the diseased animals. 



2. The manure is to be permitted to remain in the stable until the final 

 disinfection. If it is necessary to remove it, then it is to be composted (§ 14, 

 subdivision 1, No. 1) on the premises or in some other suitable place from 

 which the infectious material cannot spread; or, if this is not possible, it must 

 be wet with concentrated milk of lime before removal. Manure which cannot 

 be composted on the premises can only be removed with the permission of the 

 sanitary authorities; it must be hauled to the field in tight wagons and imme- 

 diately plowed under or composted. In the latter case, access of strange 

 sheep must be prevented until the composting is finished. 



3. At the final disinfection, the stables and other compartments in which 

 diseased or suspected animals have been kept, the equipment and utensils 

 which came in contact with such animals or their eliminations, and the clothing 

 and foot-gear of the attendants are to be cleaned and disinfected. Any of 

 the disinfectants named in § 11, subdivision 1, may be used in the disinfec- 

 tion, which is to be carried out as directed in § 14. 



4. Feed and straw stored in infected stables or over such stables above 

 a loose ceiling are to be thoroughly aired and used only on the infected premises 

 or rendered harmless. 



