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The following regulations apply on the arrival of the live 

 stock : — 



1. If the existence of cattle-plague on board be proved or 

 suspected, the vessel, live stock, and cargo will be turned back. 



2. Should the existence of pleuro -pneumonia, foot-and-mouth 

 disease, glanders, or sheep -pox be ascertained or suspected, or 

 should any cases of these diseases occur during the voyage, the 

 importation of all sick animals is to be absolutely prohibited, 

 as well as any animals belonging to species likely to contract 

 or transmit the disease. 



3. Should animals be found on board suffering from anthrax, 

 swine-fever, pneumo-enteritis of swine, equine syphilis, or rabies, 

 their disembarkation shall be prohibited, or they may be quaran- 

 tined for as long as may be necessary. 



4. Animals with scab or with any parasitic complaint, or suffer- 

 ing from any contagious disease not mentioned above, if they 

 are not rejected altogether, may be admitted to quarantine, or 

 they may be slaughtered without compensation, unless they are 

 re-shipped within a specified time. 



In cases not included in the foregoing articles animals may 

 be submitted to the following restrictive measures : — 



(a) Cattle may be subjected to quarantine for forty days, and 

 inoculated with tuberculin, if they react, orders will be 

 given for the immediate slaughter of the animals (without 

 compensation) or for their re-embarkation within eight days. 



(J?) Sheep shall be kept in quarantine and isolated for fifteen 

 days. 



(c) Horses will be submitted to eight days' quarantine, and at 

 the end of this term they may be inoculated with mallein, and 

 such as react, or such as may have been in contact directly or 

 indirectly with horses suffering from glanders, shall be immedi- 

 ately slaughtered without compensation. 



Any animals which are attacked by contagious disease while 

 in quarantine will be slaughtered without compensation, 

 unless the owner re-exports them within eight days. 



Special regulations govern the importation of live stock 

 from the Argentine Republic. 



