The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-20
QUARANTINE RULES
CONFUSE SHIPPERS
IN OKLAHOMA, HOWEVER.
SHIPPING POINTS MUST
POST LAWS
STATE RULES VARY GREATLY
Or. shuler Tells How Live Stock Own
ers May Avoid Expense and
Delays Of Inspection In
Transit.

Owners OF horses, cattle, hogs OF
sheep who desire to ship any Of these
animals into another state, or to bring
such animals into Oklahoma from any
other state. should pay strict atten
ton to the requirements OF the va
rious quarantine laws, says DR.. w. p.
Shuler OF the department Of veterin
ary medicine OF Oklahoma Agricul'
tural and Mechanical College at Still
water.
Anyone intending TO ship livestock
from one state to another can always
obtain the latest rulings OF the diff
ferent states at his shipping point"
says DR.. shuler. All shipping points
In Oklahoma are required by law to
keep copies Of such regulations, Fed
eral and State. and also list OF those
nersons entitled to inspect livestock
Tor interstate shipments. Where the
laws specifically require certain In
spections on livestock, the railroad
companies are by law forbidden to &C.
cept shipments to these points except
upon the receipt of health certih'
cate from q competent inspector and
which accompanies the consignment.
One copy of the health certificate must
always accompany the way bills. This
COPY will be turned over to the owner
at the point of destination. As these
certificates are made out in triplicate
the disposal OF the other two. is AZ
follows: The duplicate certificate ia
sent to the State Veterinarian or San.
itation Offcial in the state into which
the animals are shipped. The tripli-
cate copy is returned to the State
Livestock Commission in the state
from which the shipment was made.
1T is always wisest and best for the
emigrant to have all inspections made
before the animals start on their jour
ney, since many unsuspecting persons
have been the victims OF unscrupul
Gus inspectors stationed at the large
railway points and who seem to con
slider the emigrant as logical victim
Exhorbitant prices are charged and
unnecessary delays often occur.
Laws in the different states vary
greatly in the matter Of livestock In
spection. Some states merely require
q health certificate stating that the
animals show no visible symptoms ol
disease and did not originate in
community in which there has been
infection of recent date. This in
cludes, of course, external parasites
and, in the case of sheep, great dea
of attention is placed on this phase Of
the inspection inasmuch as western
ranges have been the source OF grea'
deal of parasitic trouble.
Cattle for breeding or dairy pur
poses must be accompanied by healtf
certificates showing that they have
been tested for tuberculosis before
shipment can be made into Kansas
Missouri, Arkansas, Texas or Colo
RADIO. 1t is generally considered tha
not more than 80 days should elapst
between the time Of test and shipment
All Of the states require health Ger
tificate for horses and mules and, IL
addition, Texas and Kansas require
a health certificate showing that thes'
animals have been tested for glander'
within a reasonably short time before
shipment. They are all united on re
quirements for hogs in that IL they b'
shipped into the state for breeding o.
exhibition purposes they must hav'
been immunized against hog choleri
before shipment"
There is no question but that tn
work of inspection is saving the farm
ers of the country great sums
money annually by keeping down tn
spread of disease. II is equally tru
that over-zealous inspectors frequent
ly make themselves obnoxious. Nor
uniformity of regulations is the great
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