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Live Stock Import Regulations. [sept., 



quarantine of sixty days, counting from the date of shipment, 

 this date of shipment to be the date of clearance of the vessel 

 bringing the animals to the United States. Sheep and other 

 ruminants and swine shall be subject to a quarantine of 

 fifteen days, counting from the date of arrival at the quarantine 

 station. Cattle and sheep imported for immediate slaughter 

 at the port of landing may be imported without quarantine, 

 subject to such restrictions as the Chief of the Bureau of 

 Animal Industry, after causing an inspection to be made, 

 may consider necessary in each case for guarding the domestic 

 animals of the United States from contagion. 



Tuberculin Test for Cattle. — All cattle six months old or 

 over imported from Great Britain, Ireland, and the Channel 

 Islands, directly into the United States, which are subject 

 to quarantine, shall be tested with tuberculin by an inspector 

 of the Bureau of Animal Industry before being exported or 

 after arrival at the animal quarantine station at the port of 

 entry ; and, when considered necessary, a subsequent tuber- 

 culin test of imported cattle shall be made during the last 

 two weeks of their quarantine period. All cattle so tested 

 which show a reaction shall be prohibited from entry into the 

 United States or disposed of as provided in these regulations. 

 Persons desiring animals tested abroad should address the 

 inspector of the United States Bureau of Animal Industry, 

 care of United States Consul's Office, Liverpool, England. 



Permits for Imported Animals. — Any person contemplating 

 the importation of cattle, sheep, and other ruminants, and 

 swine must first obtain two permits from the Secretary of 

 Agriculture ; one stating the number and kind of animals 

 to be imported, the port, and the probable date of shipment, 

 which will, on presentation to the American Consul at the 

 port of shipment, entitle them to clearance ; the other stating 

 the port at which the animals are to be landed and quarantined 

 and the approximate date of their arrival. This will assure 

 the reception of the number and kind of animals specified 

 therein at the port and quarantine station on the date pre- 

 scribed for their arrival or at any time during three weeks 

 immediately following, after which the permit will be void. 

 These permits will in no case be available at any port other 

 than the one mentioned therein. Permits must be in the 



