i oMtiMMn ' «H*\/*» (B. A. I. Order 165.) U.S. DEPOSITORY United States Department of Agriculture, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. RULE 8, REVISION 1.-T0 PREVENT THE SPREAD OF LIP -AND -LEG ULCERATION (NECROBACILLOSIS) IN SHEEP. Effective on and after November 22, 1909. United States Department of Agriculture, Office of the Secretary. The fact has been determined by the Secretary of Agriculture, and notice is hereby given, that a contagious, communicable disease known as lip-and-leg ulceration (necrobacillosis) exists among sheep in the State of Wyoming. Now, therefore, I, James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture, under authority conferred by section 1 of the act of Congress approved March 3, 1905 (33 Stat., 1264), do hereby quarantine the following area, to-wit : All territory in the State of Wyoming situate within the boundaries of the counties of Big Horn, Johnson, Sheridan, Weston, Crook, Con- verse, and Natrona ; that part of Fremont County north of the Sweetwater River and that part of Albany and Laramie counties north of the Sixth Standard Parallel North. During the existence of this quarantine the interstate transportation, movement, or trailing or driving of sheep, except as hereinafter pro- vided, from the said area herein quarantined is hereby prohibited. 1. Diseased sheep.— Sheep that are affected with lip-and-leg ulcer- ation shall under no condition be moved interstate from the quarantine area. 2. Exposed sheep.— Sheep that are not affected with lip-and-leg ulceration but which have been exposed to the contagion of the disease through infected premises, may be shipped interstate in placarded cars, as hereinafter provided, to a recognized slaughtering center for imme- diate slaughter without dipping, or they may be moved interstate for breeding or feeding purposes after one dipping, as hereinafter set forth. 3. Sheep of diseased bands.— (a) Market— Sheep that are not visibly diseased with lip-and-leg ulceration, but which are part of a dis- eased band, may, without dipping, be shipped interstate in placarded cars, as hereinafter provided, to a recognized slaughtering center for immediate slaughter. {b) Breeders. — Sheep that are not visibly diseased with lip-and-leg ulceration, but which are part of a diseased band, may be moved inter- state from the quarantined area or from public stock yards for breeding purposes, provided they are first dipped as hereinafter specified and held seven days for a second inspection, and further provided that if, upon second inspection, disease is found the animals apparently free shall be segregated and again properly dipped before interstate move- ment is permitted. However, if no disease is found on reinspection the sheep may go forward without a second dipping. (c) Feeders. — Sheep that are not visibly diseased with lip-and-leg ulceration, but which are part of a diseased band, or sheep that have been exposed to the disease through infected premises, may, without dipping, be moved interstate from the quarantined area or from public stock yards for feeding or grazing in fenced inclosures, provided per- mission shall have been obtained in advance of the movement from the proper official of the State or Territory into which the sheep are to be shipped. If State permission is not obtained, the sheep shall, before being moved interstate, be dipped as provided for sheep exposed to disease through infected premises or for breeding sheep of a diseased band, as the case may be. 4. Healthy sheep that have not been exposed to the contagion of lip-and-leg ulceration may be moved interstate from the quarantined area only when they are accompanied by a certificate of inspection issued by an inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry. 5. Dipping. — When it is desired to dip sheep for interstate move- ment as hereinbefore provided, the dipping shall be done under the supervision of an employee of the Bureau of Animal Industry and in one of the cresol or coal-tar creosote dips permitted by the Department of Agriculture in the oflicial dipping of sheep for scabies, provided the dip is used at a strength specified for use in the dipping of sheep for scabies. The dipping fluid shall be thoroughly mixed before flowing into the vat and also before the sheep are placed therein. The dip shall be maintained at a temperature of from 85 to 95 degrees Fahrenheit and the sheep shall be retained therein about one minute. The dipping shall be done carefully and the sheep handled as humanely as possible. The Department disclaims responsibility for any loss or damage result- ing from the dipping. 6. Placarding cars. — When, as hereinbefore provided, exposed sheep or sheep of diseased bands are shipped interstate without dipping for immediate slaughter, the proper officers of the transportation company shall affix to both sides of each car a durable placard not less than 6} by 10 inches in size, on which shall be printed with permanent black ink in bold-face letters not less than lj inches in height, the words "SHEEP FOR SLAUGHTER EXPOSED TO LIP-AND-LEG ULCER- ATION." These placards shall also show the name of the place from which the shipment was made, the date of the shipment (which must correspond with the date of the waybills and other papers), the name of the transportation company, and the name of the place of destina- tion. Each of the waybills, conductors' manifests, memoranda, and bills of lading pertaining to such shipments by cars or boats shall have the words "EXPOSED TO LIP-AND-LEG ULCERATION" plainly written or stamped on its face. Whenever such shipments are trans- ferred to another transportation company or into other cars or into other boats, or are rebilled or reconsigned to a point other than the original destination, the cars into which said sheep are transferred and the new wa3'bills, conductors' manifests, memoranda, and bills of lading cover- ing such shipments by cars or boats shall be marked as herein specified for cars first carrying said sheep and for the billing, etc., covering the same. If for any reason the placards herein required are removed from the car or are destroyed or rendered illegible, they shall be immediately replaced by the transportation company or its agents, the intention being that legible placards* shall be maintained on the cars from the time of shipment until they arrive at destination and the disposition of the cars is indicated by an inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry. 7. Disinfection. — All public stock yards, feeding stations, and ap- proaches, chutes, alleys, and pens thereof which have contained diseased animals shall, before healthy or nonexposed animals for interstate trans- portation are placed therein, be cleaned and disinfected as hereinafter provided. Failure to clean and disinfect said places will subject them to quarantine. Cars and other vehicles, yards, pens, sheds, chutes, alleys, etc., that have contained diseased sheep shall be cleaned and disinfected in the following manner : Remove all litter and manure from all portions of the cars, including the ledges and framework outside, and from the posts, floors, and fences of yards, pens, sheds, chutes, alleys, etc., and empty all troughs, racks, or other feeding or watering facilities; then saturate the entire interior surface of the cars, including the inner sur- face of the car doors, or the entire surface of the fences, posts, floors, troughs, and racks of the yards, pens, sheds, chutes, alleys, etc., with a 5 per cent solution of pure carbolic acid, 1 or with a 3 per cent solution of liquor cresolis compositus, U. S. P. 2 1 A small amount of lime may be added to this solution. -This is described in the Eighth Revision of the Pharmacopoeia and can be prepared at any reliable drug store. No lime should be added to this disin- fectant. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 3 1262 08859 3008 This Rule 8, Revision 1, which for the purpose of identification is designated as B. A. I. Order 165, will become and be effective on and after November 22, 1909, and is subject to amendment or revision on statutory notice. Rule 8, dated August 6, 1909, and effective on and after August 12, 1909, and Amendment 1 thereto, dated September 10, 1909, and effective on and after September 15, 1909, are hereby revoked. Done at Washington this thirteenth day of November, 1909. Witness my hand and the seal of the Depart- ment of Agriculture. James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture.