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Fresh meat introduced from foreign countries is subject to the same 
requirement. 
Preserved meat from foreign countries can only be imported if it is 
kept in a trustworthy, sanitarily unsuspicious manner and its harmless¬ 
ness can be affirmed with certainty. 
(8) Meat authorized for consumption after inspection must be marked 
in a proper manner (stamping, leading, etc.) 
(9) Meat proved to be harmless but of inferior quality must be sold 
under declaiation at certain places (Friebanke) under the supervision of 
the authorities. 
(10) The introduction of a universal and compulsory insurance for 
slaughter cattle under State control is urgently required in the interest 
of meat inspection and the stamping out of cattle diseases. 
(11) The results of meat inspection should be collected for scientific 
and economical purposes in statistics arranged on a definite plan, in 
which international uniformity should be aimed at. 
IV • Final Result of the Endeavors to Fix a Uniform Anatomical Nomen- 
clature in Veterinary Surgery. 
. T. he Congress agrees to the propositions of the Nomenclature Com¬ 
mission and wishes to employ the money necessary for the place the 
2500 marks reserved for this purpose. Further needful publication of a 
Uniform Anatomical Nomenclature : in the first amounts should either 
be requested from the veterinary societies or paid from the Treasury of 
the Eighth International Congress. 
V\—The Prevention of Tuberculosis Amongst Domestic Animals. 
(1) The prevention of tuberculosis in cattle is urgently needed. 
(2) The extinction of bovine tuberculosis on the part of the owners 
(voluntary extinction) is practicable and should be universally aimed at. 
It demands the slaughter of dangerous tuberculous beasts as soon as 
possible, as well as careful protection of calves and healthy animals 
from infection. 
The voluntary extinction of bovine tuberculosis should be encour¬ 
aged by the State through the dissemination of correct views respecting 
the character of tuberculosis, respecting the modes of infection, and the 
importance of tuberculin inoculation and be supported by State grants. 
The best means hitherto known for the prevention of tuberculosis 
among domestic animals is tuberculin. 
Tuberculin should only be supplied under State control. In any 
case it should be given to veterinary surgeons alone. 
(3) A State prevention of bovine tuberculosis is thoroughly to be 
recommended. 
If it is applied with a certain caution, it can be carried out and will 
hinder the further increase of the disease and. will gradually stop it. 
The prevention requires : 
( a ) the obligation of the veterinary surgeon to give the legal notice 
of every case of proved tuberculosis in the exercise of his practice ; 
(b) the quickest possible slaughter of dangerously tuberculous ani¬ 
mals (particularly those animals which are affected with mammite, tu¬ 
berculosis of the matrix, and of the intestines, as well as pulmonary tu¬ 
berculosis), compensation being granted by the State, and the prohibi- 
