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4. Stores of feed or straw which contain anthrax organisms, or which 

 there is reason to believe may be infected, may be disinfected by steam in 

 suitable apparatus or by exposure to sufficient heat through other methods. 

 If this is not possible, the feed and straw is to be burned or buried, unless 

 permission is given by the sanitary authorities to use it for animals which 

 have undergone vaccination for anthrax. 



Black Leg and Hemorrhagic Septicomda 



§ 16. For black leg and hemorrhagic septicaemia the methods described 

 in § 15 are employed, except the preliminary disinfection specified in No. 3, 



Rabies 



§ 17. 1. Immediately after the death or destruction of a diseased or sus- 

 pected animal, the place occupied by it, especially the floors, walls, mangers, 

 racks, troughs, partitions, posts, pillars, and stalls contaminated by it, and 

 the utensils and other objects with which it has come in contact, shall be 

 cleaned and disinfected aa directed in § 13. 



2. In rabies of the dog and cat, the bedding, muzzle, collar, leash, blanket, 

 utensils and other objects which have been used by the diseased or suspected 

 animal shall be burned or rendered harmless in some other way. Dog houses 

 of wood, straw, reeds or similar material are to be burned; those of other 

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



CHanders 



§ 18. 1. Persons who have come in contact with diseased or suspected 

 animals, cadavers or cadaver parts, are to immediately clean and disinfect 

 their hands. Water, soap and suitable disinfectants (dilute cresol water, 

 carbolic acid or corrosive sublimate solution) are to be at hand for this pur- 

 pose in infected premises. 



2. As soon as an infected or suspected animal is removed from its stall, 

 the latter and all equipment and utensils used for the diseased or suspected 

 animal are to be immediately cleaned and disinfected, except in so far as the 

 latter are to be used for other diseased animals. 



3. Before the removal of the quarantine restrictions, certain parts of the 

 stable or the entire stable, as in the judgment of the official veterinarian may 

 be necessary, the utensils and equipment (mangers, racks, posts, pillars, stall 

 partitions, buckets and other stable apparatus, tie ropes, halters, harness, 

 saddles, cleaning implements, covers, housing, clothing and foot-gear of the 

 attendants, wagon poles, chains, water troughs, shoeing places, etc.) and 

 other objects which have been in contact with diseased or suspected ani- 

 mals, their eliminations, cadavers or cadaver parts are to be cleaned and 

 disinfected; also, any contaminated places in the pastures. 



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