The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-09-28
LIVE STOCK RULES OF IOWA TO
- W. :, BE ENFORCED.

LIVE STOCK RULES OF IOWA TO
Members of the State Animal Health
Commission Have Prepared Set
of Stringent Rules.
Iowa's wealth of live stock will be
protected from disease in the future
by one of the most stringent set Of
rules in force in the United States.
The orders of the commission of
animal health, which was established
by the Thirty-fourth general assem-
bly,, have been made public by DR..
James l. Gibson, state veterinarian,
who is chairman of the new commits
sion.
If the rules, which are made laws
in fact by the approval of the execu-
tive council, are carried out epidem-
les which in the past have destroyed
herds of thousands of cattle and kill
ed hogs and horses by the hundreds,
will be impossible. DR.. Gibson says
the requirements will be enforced to
the letter.
No live stock will be permitted to
be shipped into the state for dairy or
breeding purposes except when the
animals have a clean bill of health
All cattle must have passed the tuber-
cular test. All horses must have been
proven free from CHAMBERS by the
"mallein" test when horses are i'm
ported from west of the Mississippi
river. According to DR.. Gibson all
of the CHAMBERS has come into Iowa
from the western states.
Against Mango.
Equally stringent are the rulings
against blackleg, anthrax, rabies,
mango and pleuro-pneumonia.
The aim of the commission is to
bring the health of the live stock of
Iowa to point where it never has
been before and to keep it there, ac-
cording to DR.. Gibson.
Governor Carroll, in his message
to- the general assembly last January,
urged the establishment of such 4
board as the commission of animal
health. DR.. S. H. Bauman, of Biz
representative from Van
Buren, county, fathered the bill.
The members of the commission
are: DR.. Gibson, DR.. Tom Downing
of Washington, DR.. G. w. Blanche of
Belle PLANE, Frank Kingsley and C.
A. Saunders of Manila.
Now in Force.
The executive council approved the
work of the commission at a recent
and the new rules are in
force now.
Following are the complete rules:
Rule Whenever the state veter-
mary surgeon shall have knowledge
of an outbreak of any contagious, in
fictitious or communicable disease
among domestic animals, he shall
take such action as he may deem
necessary for the prevention of the
spread of such diseases, and is au-
thorized to call any peace officer, or
other person to aid him in the prose-
cution of his duties.
Rule. 2-Whenever notice is given
to the trustees of a township or to
a LOCAL. board of health, of animals
of being affected with any
infectious or transmiss-
able disease it shall be the duty OF
said township trustees or local boards
Of health to Immediately require such
suspected. animals. stozbe isolated and
kept separate and apart from all 9TH
cir. animals until released or quaran-
tined by order of the state veterinary
surgeon or some person acting by
his authority.
Rule 3-An animal must be con-
sidered as suspected" when it has
stood in stable with, or been in con-
tact with, an animal known to be az
fected with a contagious, infectious
Or transmissable disease or if placed
in a stable, yard or other Enclosure
where such diseased animals have
been kept.
Rule i4-No person owning or hay
ing the care or custody of any animal
affected with CHAMBERS or farcy, or
which there is reason to believe is
affected with said disease, shall lead,
1rive or permit such animal to go on
Or over any public grounds, unin-
closed lands, street, road, public
highway, lane or alley; or permit to
rink at any public watering trough,
pail, or spring; or keep such diseased
animal in any Enclosure, in or from
which such diseased animal may
,ome in contact with, or close prox-
nifty to, any animal not affected with
such disease.
Rule 5-Whenever an animal az
'ected with CHAMBERS shall die, or
shall be killed, the body of such ami
nal shall be Immediately burned, or
shall be covered with quick lime and
buried not less than four feet deep
without removal of the hide or any
part of the carcass. AS this disease
S transmissable to human beings
great care should be exercised in
handling diseased animals or car
cases.
Rule 6-No animal diseased with
ylanders or farcy shall be deemed to
nave any property value whatever,
and no appraisal thereof shall be
made.
Reasons for Rule 6: Chambers is an
ncurable disease, and there is no
for expending public money
n appraising PROPERTY, smanifestly
and which can be compen-
,ofod for NJ tife actual va1uo In ifa