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by an inspector of the United States Bureau of Animal Industry to 
be free from scabies or other contagious disease and are accompanied 
by an affidavit made by the owner stating that they have been in 
the district from which shipped for 60 days next preceding the date 
of importation and that no contagious disease affecting sheep has 
existed among them, nor among other sheep with which they have 
come in contact, for 60 days last past ; also by an affidavit made by 
the importer or his agent supervising the shipment stating that they 
have not passed through any district infected with contagious dis- 
eases affecting sheep, and that they have not been exposed in any 
possible manner to the contagion of any contagious disease, and that 
the animals, if not trailed or driven, have been shipped in clean and 
disinfected cars and vessels direct from the farm or ranch where pur- 
chased. But such sheep shall, nevertheless, be dipped at least once 
at the expense of the owner as prescribed in the department regula- 
tions to prevent the spread of scabies in sheep, before being per- 
mitted to proceed to their destination in the United States or to 
mingle with other sheep. Sheep unaccompanied by the required 
affidavits must be detained in quarantine for one week, or as long 
as may be required, at the expense of the owner or importer, under 
the supervision of the inspector, and twice dipped as provided 
herein. 
SWINE AND RUMINANTS OTHER THAN CATTLE AND SHEEP. 
Regulation 51. — Paragraph 1. All swine and ruminants, other than 
cattle and sheep, shipped by land from Mexico shall be accompanied 
by affidavits similar to those required for cattle and sheep relating 
to the existence of contagious disease affecting the kind of animals 
offered for importation, and when not accompanied by said affidavits 
shall be detained in quarantine for one week, as provided for cattle 
and sheep. 
Paragraph 2. All swine and ruminants, other than cattle shipped 
by water and offered for importation from countries of Xorth Amer- 
ica below the southern cattle quarantine line, shall be subject to a 
quarantine at the port of entry of not less than two days, during 
which period such inspections shall be made of said animals by an 
inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry as may be deemed neces- 
sary in order to determine their eligibility for importation under 
these regulations. Permits must be procured for the importation of 
all such animals in accordance with Regulation 11 of these regula- 
tions and all such animals must be accompanied by a certificate from 
the local authority of the district in which the said animals have 
been continuously located for 60 days, stating that no disease conta- 
gious to cattle or to the kind or kinds of animals has existed in said 
