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NEWS AND ITEMS. 
moved from the matadero unless presenting symptoms of a con¬ 
tagious or infectious character. (6) No animal presenting symp¬ 
toms of advanced pregnancy shall be slaughtered until ten days 
after parturition, and the owner will not be permitted to remove 
such animals from the matadero except when they are afflicted 
with or have been exposed to the contagion of any disease. (7) 
Slaughtering shall commence at 5 p. m. each day. (8) The in¬ 
spector shall hold post-mortem examination every day and on 
every animal slaughtered. (9) The head, tail, caul or fat en¬ 
closed in the omentum of the animal and all other portions 
that are used for food products shall be preserved in such man¬ 
ner as to preserve their identity until after post-mortem inspec¬ 
tion has been completed in that they may be identified in case 
the carcass is condemned. Should the animal on said post¬ 
mortem examination be found to be diseased or otherwise unfit 
for human consumption, the entire carcass shall be cremated. 
(10) All animals found at post-mortem examination to be af¬ 
fected as follows are to be condemned and the carcasses cre¬ 
mated . u ) Hog cholera and swine plague ; cysticircus ; c y 
anthrax ; d , rabies ; *?, pyaemia and septicaemia ; f mange and 
scab in advanced stages ; g ) advanced stages of actinomycosis; 
/^, inflammation of the lungs, the intestines, or the peritoneum; 
2, extensive or generalized tuberculosis; /, rinderpest; k, any 
disease or injury causing elevation of temperature or affecting 
the system of the animal to a degree which would make the 
meat unfit for human consumption (food). Any organ or part 
of a carcass which is badly bruised or affected by tuberculosis, 
actinomycosis, cancer, abscess, suppurating sore, or tapeworm 
cyst, must be condemned ; /, animals in advanced stage of preg¬ 
nancy or which have given birth to young within ten days ; m, 
animals too emaciated and anaemic to produce wholesome meat; 
n, all unborn animals must be cremated. 
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