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No animal other than animals landed under this Order, can be 

 landed at or kept in a landing-place. 



Persons are prohibited from entering a landing-place, and a notice 

 to that effect is to be affixed at the entrance ; any person may be 

 directed to quit such landing-place, lair, quay, etc., and failure to do so, 

 or to enter without permission, is an offence. 



All persons entering or leaving a landing-place are required to 

 disinfect themselves and their clothes. 



Isle of Man Animals Order of 1896. 



This admits of animals, brought from the Isle of Man, being landed 

 in Great Britain without being subject to slaughter or quarantine. 



There are no regulations laid down for inspection on landing, but 

 the Principal Officer of Customs is empowered to seize any animal, 

 horse, ass, or mule, brought from the Isle of Man, or any carcase, 

 fodder, litter, or dung, that he considers may introduce disease, while 

 the Commissioners of Customs may order their destruction or deten- 

 tion. 



Foreign Animals [Quarantine) Order of 1896. 



This Order admits of foreign animals intended for reshipment to a 

 foreign country, or for purpose of exhibition, or for other exceptional 

 purpose, being landed with the permission of the Board, and placed in 

 a quarantine station to be defined by a Special Order. 



This Order is of such very limited application, that its conditions are 

 not of general interest. 



SECTION IV.~THE PRODUCTION OF CALF 

 VACCINE LYMPH* 



Calves. — Either bulls or heifers may be used, the latter 

 having the advantage that when on the operating-table the 

 urine is not voided over the abdomen. The most suitable 

 age is from 3 to 6 months, at which time they are of 

 convenient size for easy manipulation, not likely to have 

 contracted a natural vaccinia previous to operation, or to 

 be found tubercular on post-mortem examination. It is 

 this latter consideration which is the main argument for 



* This Section is from the pen of Major Butler, A.V.D., Army 

 Vaccine Institute, Aldershot, to whom I am greatly indebted. 



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