Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-22
LEGAL NOTICES
HOG CHOLERA
ORDER OF GENERAL QUARANTINE
IN EFFECT April. rs, 1919


plague and other dangerous trans
diseases of swine.
This order of GENERAL GUAR
ANTINE shall apply. extend, cover
and include all Stock-yardS and stock
pens where trading in swine is car
'iad on, public sales premises, rail-
oad and other feeding or watering
'ards or pens, railroad stock chutes
and railroad cars, public and private
apds. premises. highways and roads
situated, located or found within any
and all of the following COUNTIES
N PENNSYLVANIA; to wit:
ADAMS, BERkS, BUCKS, CAR
LIN. LANCASTER, LEBANON,
LEHIGH, MONTGOMERY, MON
ROE, NORTHAMPTON, PHILA-
DEI.PHIA and YORK.
Tho keeping, handling, moving and
of swine into. within and
rom the aforesaid quarantined coun-
les shall be subject TO the following
equations:
Cd Swine that have been handled
or passed through, in or up
on. any stock-yard or stock
pen where trading in swine
Is carried on, or any public
sales premises, or any rail-
road or other feeding or
watering yards or pens. must
not be brought into or moved
from one place to another
within, or moved out of the
said quarantined counties;
except when such swine al Q
intended for Immediate
slaughter and are directly
consigned to recognized
slaughtering center or
slaughtering establishment.
CD Swine that are shipped into, or
between points within, or out
of the said quarantined coun-
ties, by railroad; for pur-
poses. other than immediate
slaughter, must be accom-
panied by n permit issued by
the state Veterinarian of
Pennsylvania; and by an affi-
davit of the shipper or owner
stating that the, swine have
through any railroad stock
yard or pen or public sale
premises such swine shall
he shipped only in cars that
have been cleaned and disin-
fected under official super
vision subsequent to the
usage of such cars for previ-
Gus shipment of swine; and
such swine must be unloaded
directly into vehicles or upon
the ground.
Swine that are transported or
moved into, or between
points within, or out of the
said quarantined counties, by
cars. when intended for pur-
roses other than immediate
slaughter. must not be
handled through or in any
st,ocll-yard or stock pom
carried on, or in or through
any railroad or other feeding
or watering yard or pen, or
any public sales premises. at
any time previous to shin
ut int nf eri,,
while en- route, or in process
Of transportation, or at des-
tinatiOn.
CD Swine from premises on which
hog cholera. swine plague or
other dangerous transmissihlc
disease exists or has existed:
and swine which have been
otherwise exposed to such
disease must not be moved in
to. within or out of said
quarantined counties. for pur-
poses other than immediate
slaughter. during a period OF
GO days following the entire
disappearance of such disease
from the premises; except
that when swine have been
exposed to hog cholera by the
use of the double or sero-
simultaneous treatment as a
preventive measure; such
treated swine may be moved
after a period of so days from
date of treatment, provided
such treated swine show no
evidence of disease and
treated swine shall have been
given a disinfecting bath with
an approved solution
No manure, litter, bedding, feed,
stable equipment, or any OBJ
iect or thing that may carry
contagion. shall be removed
from premises on which hog
cholera is known to exist, eX-
cept after thorough disinfec-
tion and only upon permit
from the State Livestock
Sanitary Board.
(D All .stock-yards and stock-pens
where trading in swine is car
ried on; and all public sales
premises, railroad cars. rail-
road and other feeding or
watering yards and pens in
common use, within the said
quarantined counties. are re-
garded as infected with hog
under quarantine restrictions.
No swine may be removed
from such yards, pens and
premises for purposes other
except on permit from the
state. Livestock Sanitary
Board. No manure, litter, or
feed shall be removed from
such cars, yards, pens and
premises, except under official
supervision. Loading chutes
must not be used for the
transferring of swine, except
for immediate slaughter, un-
less such chutes have been
cleaned and disinfected since
previous use.
(O Swine for purposes other than
immediate slaughter must
not be transported or moved
into, within or out of the said
quarantined counties, in or on
cars, boats. trucks, wagons or
or other vehicles, which have
previously contained swine,
until after such cars, boats or
vehicles shall have been
cleaned and disinfected.
(6) All cars, boats, wagons, trucks,
pens crates, yards, chutes and
other vehicles and enclosures
known to have contained dis
eased swim, must be cleaned
and disinfected under official
supervision.
% To prevent the spread of dis
ease and save exposed swine:
all cases of hog cholera and
other dangerous transmissibIe
diseases of swine must be
promptly reported to tho
state Veterinarian, Harris
burg.
(S) Swine that are diseased with
hog cholera or other danger
Gus transmissible disease and
swine that have been exposed
to such disease by contact,
must not be moved from the
premises on which they are
confined, except upon Official
permit.
90 The double or sero-simuItare-
Gus treatment against hog
cholera must not be admins
tered until after a hermit
shall have been obtained from
the State Veterinarian. such
permit will be issued when