1907.] Live Stock Import Regulations. 



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Horses. — Horses are required at the port of entry to pass a 

 veterinary inspection by an inspector of the Bureau of Animal 

 Industry. If he finds that the animals are affected with any 

 contagious disease he isolates them and immediately reports 

 the fact to the Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry who 

 may refuse to allow the landing of horses so diseased. 



Certificates for Ruminants. — Ruminants must be accom- 

 panied by a certificate from the local authority of the district 

 in which the animals have been continuously located for the 

 six months preceding the date of shipment, stating that no 

 contagious pleuropneumonia, foot-and-mouth disease, anthrax, 

 rinderpest, or any other disease contagious to cattle, except 

 tuberculosis and actinomycosis, has existed in said district 

 for one year preceding. 



Certificate for Swine. — Swine must be accompanied by a 

 certificate similar to the one required for cattle, sheep, and 

 other ruminants, but relating to the existence of foot-and- 

 mouth disease, hog cholera, swine plague, and erysipelas. 



Affidavit for Ruminants and Swine. — Ruminants and swine 

 must be accompanied by an affidavit by the owner stating 

 that the animals have been continuously located in the district 

 whence shipped during the six months preceding the date of 

 shipment ; that no contagious disease affecting the species 

 of animals imported has existed among them or among any 

 animals of the kind with which they have come in contact 

 during the previous six months, and that no inoculation has 

 been practised among the animals during the preceding year ; 

 also by an affidavit from the importer or his agent supervising 

 the shipment stating that they have not passed through any 

 district infected with contagious diseases affecting the said 

 kind of animals ; that they have not been exposed in any 

 possible manner to the contagion of any of the said contagious 

 diseases, and that the animals, when not driven, have been 

 shipped in clean and disinfected cars and vessels direct from 

 the farm where purchased. 



Presentation of Papers to Collector of Customs. — The certifi- 

 cates and affidavits must accompany the animals and be 

 presented to the collector of customs at the port of entry, 



Period of Quarantine. — Cattle imported from Great Britain, 

 Ireland, and the Channel Islands shall be subject to L a 



