cases they have to be slaughtered to eliminate possible 
carriers of the foot-and-mouth viris; the slaughter-houses 
and enterprises that utilize the meat and products of farm 
animals are checked, 
To protect the animals from the footeandemouth infection, 
an effort is made to study the epizootic in the bordering 
Repubjics and Nations and, depending on the severity of the 
after effects, the import of animals and animal products are 
prohibited for the required duration. A compulsory 30 day 
quarantine of animals, brought from the neighboring zones, 
purposes the same object, 
A recent incident thas illustrated that such measures 
are very necessary. As a result of the development of the 
trade agreements, it was decided to purchase 50 heads of 
_ peaigreed cattle from a neighboring country. A foot-and-mouth 
virus was spotted among these animals at the border veterinary 
check point. Only the timely diagnosis and slaughter of all 
the purchased cattle at the isolation point made it pessible 
to avert an epizootic. 
| The sick animals must be slaughtered and their meat must 
be taken care of on the spot, 
q By this measure it is possible to eliminate a large 
_weolume of the virus, atop it from further spreading finally 
arrest the virus carriers and in this manner break the epizootic 
chain. 
i However, there are problems in the feasibility of 
implementation of this useful step from the economical and 
preventative point of view, as so far, no law has been 
formulated to compensate the private owners, the cost of their 
animals on the average annual market value and the difficulties 
Connected with the shaughtering and realization ef meat. This 
problem is still to be solved, 
. When the flare-up of the footeand-mouth disease is to be 
arrested, depending upon the economic factors and other 
conditions, quarantine points are organized in the breeding 
areas of the virus, the affected area and the zones threatened 
by the infection, which are situated within the radii of a few 
kilometers. 
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