The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-17
QUARANTINE OF ANIMALS.
Agreement Reached Between Cana
dian and American Authorities.

! Washington, Jan. 16.-The agree
ment between the secretary of agricuI-
ture and the Canadian minister of ag-
riculture relating TO quarantine of ami
! mails between the United States and
I Canada provides that:
! l. Each country shall accept the vet
Urinary certificates of the other
! 2. That the chief of the bureau OF
animal industry and the chief inspec-
tor of stock for Canada will mutually
inform one another of any outbreak
of contagious animal disease in either
country. or of disease in animals i'm
ported from either country.
g. A 90-day quarantine shall be en-
forced by both countries upon all cat
tie imported from Europe or from any
other country in which contagious
ipleuro-pneumonia is known to exist; a
15-day quarantine shall be enforced
upon all ruminants and swine import
ed from countries from which foot and
mouth disease has existed within six
months. and upon all swine imported
from all other countries.
Breeding cattle admitted into this
country must be accompanied by a
certificate that they have been sub
jected to the tuberculine test and
found free from tuberculosis; other
wise they shall be detained in quaran-
tine one week and subjected to the
tuberculine test. All cattle found with
tuberculosis must be returned to the
country whence shipped, or slaughtered
without compensation. Cattle for
feeding or stocking ranches must be
accompanied by a certificate showing
that they are free from any contagious
disease and that excepting tuberculO-
sis) no such disease exists in the dis
trict whence they came.
Cattle in transit will be admitted at
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Canada in bond for expectation by sea
from any Canadian port. or from Port
land, Boston and New York in the
United States No animals covered by
this memorandum may be placed on
board cars till the litter from previous
loads has been removed and the car
thoroughly cleaned and disinfected. In
spectors may cause such work to be
done at the expense of the railway
company or prohibit the use of the
cars until il is done.
Sheep may be admitted subject to
inspection AT port of entry and ac-
coInpanied by official certificate that
sheep scab has not existed in the dis
trict where they have been fed within
six months. If disease exists in any of
them they may he returned or slaugh-
tered. Sheep may be admitted for
transit in bond from one port to an
other in either country, and. If for
slaughter they may be admitted with
out inspection. Subject to inspection
at shipping port they may be admitted
into either country for transit to any
shipping port in Canada for export by
sea or the United States for export
from Portland, Boston and New York.
Swine may be admitted without in
spection for slaughter, in bonded cars
to bonded slaughter, or when forming
part of a settlers effects and accom-
panied by a certificate that swine
plague or hog cholera has not existed
within six months in the district
whence they came. Lacking such Ger
tificate they must be inspected AT port
of entry. and if diseased will be slaugh-
tered without compensation.
Horses may be admitted in bond
from one port to another in either
country without inspection at the ship
port Horses may be admitted for
racing. show or breeding purposes on
inspection at port of entry Horses
may be admitted for temporary stay.
teaming or pleasure driving at points
along the frontier for a period not ex-
ceeding one week on port Of entry
upon permit of customs officers.
Should he observe any evidence of dis
ease he will detain the animals and
report to the district Inspector. who
will decide whether the animals may
be admitted. and horses used Cor driv-
ing or riding to or from points in Man
itoba, northwest territories or British
Columbia on business connected with
stockraising or mining and horses be-
longing to the Indian tribes may he
admitted without INSPECTION. but must
report 10 customs officers both going
and coming. Under all other circum-
stances horses must be inspected at
port of entry