The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-11-25
AGAINST PLEURO.PsErnOSIA.

Out Observation-Disclosures Is Making II
Dread Appearance in the West-Commissione
'Coleman's Action.
Washington, Sept. 27.-The bureau G
agriculture is actively engaged in devisin
ing to the extirpation of pleuro
pneumonia, and Commissioner Coleman
has resolved / adopt every legiti
mate means in bis power to chec
the outbreak Of the disease reported from
Chicago. The commissioner has drawn u
and forwarded to the governors Of all tn
states and territories rules and regulation
for cooperation between the department
OF agriculture and the authorities OF tn
states and territories. and if they receiv
the consent of the state authorities tn
mined attempt to stamp out the disease b.
attacking simultaneously every infectet
district. The circular says:
The provisions OF the law lays particula
stress on the section which makes it .
requisite Tor action by the department t.
first secure hhe consent OF the state au
thorities and then lays down the followin,
rules and regulations which are deemed
necessary to insure results commensurate,
with the money (s1OO, 0OO) authorized tx
be expended:
lit AdtcSSdTy AHSkPcCVOIb WILL "
furnished by the bureau O. animalindustrJ
OF the department. of agriculture.
Second-The inspectors are to be author
ICED by state authorities to make inspec
tions of cattle under the laws of the state
They are to receive such protection anG
assistance as would be given to state of
fcers engaged in similar work, and shall h,
permitted to examine quarantined herds
whenever so directed by the COMMISSIONS
OF agriculture or the chief of the bureau oil
animal industry.
made to the bureau OF animal industry
and u copy Of these will be made and for
warded to the proper state authorities.
Whenever any inspector discovers q
herd infected with contagious pleuro.
pneumonia, he will at once report the same
to the proper state authorities as well al
to the bureau OF animal industry.
Fourth-The inspectors, while always
subject to orders from the department Of
agriculture, will cordially cooperate with
state authorities, and will follow instruc.
tions received from them.
Fifth-When contagious pleuro-pneumo.
mia is discovered in any herd, the owner OF
person in charge is to be at once notified
by the inspector, and the quarantine regu.
lations of the state in which the herd is 10.
Gated will be isolation, when possible, from
the remainder OF the herd until they can
be properly appraised and slaughtered.
Sixth-To insure a perfect and satisfac.
tory quarantine, a chain fastened with a
numbered 10 ok, will be placed around the
horns, or with hornless animals around
the neck, and a record will be kept show.
ing the number OF the lock placed upon
each animal in the herd.
6eventh-The locks and chains will be
furniahnH nv tho 1oro rtpoopf nf n uri N,1f,,r
but they will become the property OF the
state in which they are used, in order that
any one tampering with them can be pro.
ceeded against legally for ~injuring or EN-.
bezzling the property of the state.
Eighth-Quarantine restrictions onceim
posed are not to be removed by the state
authorities without the consent of the
proper officers OF the department of agri.
culture.
Ninth-The period of quarantine will be
at least ninety days, dating from the re.
moyal OF the last diseased animal from the
herd. During this period no animal will Be
allowed to enter the herd or to leave it,
and all animals in the herd will he careful.
ly isolated from other cattle. When posi-.
BILE all infected herds are to be held inquar.
antine and not allowed to leave the infected
premises except for slaughter. In this
case fresh animals may be added to the
herd at the owners risk, but are to be con.
sidered us infected animals and subjected
to the same quarantine regulations as the
other members of the herd.
Tenth-All animals affected with conta
gious pleuro-pneumonia are to be s]augh.
tered as soon after their discovery as the
arrangements can be made.
Eleventh When diseased animals are
reported to the state authorities they
shall promptly take such steps as
they desire to confirm the diagno.
sis. The animals found diseased are
then to be appraised according to the pro.
visions OF the state law, and the proper of.
icec of the bureau of animal industry (who
will be designated by the commissioner Of
a9riculture) notified of the appraisement.
If this representative Of the bureau of ami.
NAL industry confirms the diagnosis and
approves the appraisement, the department
of agriculture will purchase the diseased
animals OF the owner and pay such a pro.
ton OF the appraised value az is provided
for in such cases by the laws OF the state in
which the animals are located, when they
are condemned and slaughtered by state
authority.
Twelfth-Al necessary disintection will
be conducted by the employees OF the bureau
oil animal industry. ~ "
Observation-Disclosures is not recon.
mended by the department OF agriculture,
and it believes that its adoption, with
animals that are to be sold to 60 into
other herds would counterfeit the good
results which would otherwise follow from
the slaughter of the diseased. animals. It
may, however, be practiced by state au.
thorities under the following rules:
Fourteenth-No herds but thosein which
pleuro-pneumonia has appeared are to be
inoculated. ,
Observation-Disclosures herds are to be
quarantined with lock and chain. The
quarantine is to remain in force as long as
any inoculated cattle survive, and these
cattle are to leave the premises only for
immediate slaughter.
Sixteenth-Fresh animals are to be taken
into inoculated herds only at tho risk oil
the owner, and shall be subject to the same
rules as the other cattle OF the inoculated
herd.
Seventeenth-The chief of the bureau Of
animal industry is to be promptly mott
fed by the state authorities of each herd
inoculated, Of the final disposition of each
member of the herd, OF the p~ost-mortem
appearances, and Of any other facts in the
history OF the herd which may prove of
value. The cooperation of governors, OF
state legislative commissions and OF other
officers who may be in charge in the branch
of the service provided Tor the control oi
the contagious diseases of animals in the
states where pleuro- pneumonia exists ia
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