Regulations for the inspection and quarantine of animals imported from Canada into the United States

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United States

Agriculture,

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.

Washington , D. C., January 23, 1897.

REGULATIONS FOR THE INSPECTION AND QUARANTINE OF ANI-
MALS IMPORTED FROM CANADA INTO THE UNITED STATES.

In pursuance of sections 7, 8, and 10 of the act of Congress en-
titled “An act providing for the inspection of meats for exportation,
and prohibiting the importation of adulterated articles of food or
drink, and authorizing the President to make proclamation in cer-
tain cases, and for other purposes,” approved August 30, 1890, and
of an act of Congress entitled “An act making appropriations for
the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1897,” the following regulations, to take effect from and after Feb-
ruary 1, 1897, are hereby prescribed for the inspection and quaran-
tine of animals imported from Canada into the United States, and
all orders and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with these
regulations are hereby revoked in so far as applies to inspection and
quarantine of animals imported from Canada :

1. With the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, the follow-
ing-named ports along the border or boundary line between the
United States and Canada have been designated as quarantine sta-
tions, and all animals imported from Canada into the United States
for which inspection is required by these regulations must be entered
through these ports, viz: Vanceboro and Houlton, Maine; Beechers
Falls, Island Pond, Newport, Richford, and St. Albans, Vermont;
Rouses Point, Ogdensburg, Charlotte, Suspension Bridge, and Buf-
falo, New York; Port Huron and Detroit, Michigan; Duluth and
St. Vincent, Minnesota; and Port Townsend, Washington.

2. The word ‘ ‘ animals ” when used in these regulations refers to and
includes all or any of the following kinds : Horses, neat cattle, sheep,
and other ruminants, and swine. The term “contagious diseases”
when used in these regulations includes and applies to all or any of
the following diseases : Glanders and farcy, maladie du coit, anthrax,
contagious pleuro-pneumonia, Texas or splenetic fever, tuberculosis,
actinomycosis, foot-and-mouth disease, rinderpest, sheep pox, foot-
rot, sheep scab, hog cholera, swine plague, and erysipelas. Animals
found affected with any one of these contagious diseases must be
returned to Canada or killed without compensation.

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3. All animals imported into the United States from Canada must
be accompanied by an affidavit made by the owner or importer, declar-
ing clearly the purpose for which said animals are imported, viz,
whether for breeding purposes, for milk production, for work animals,
for grazing, feeding, or slaughter, or whether they form part of
settlers’ effects, or whether they are horses entered for temporary stay,
as provided in section 7 of these regulations. Said affidavit must he
presented to the collector of customs at the port of entry, who will
decide whether the animals are entitled to entry under these regula-
tions, and who will notify the inspector of the Bureau of Animal
Industry in all cases where these regulations require an inspection to
be made.

4. All animals imported into the United States for breeding pur-
poses, for milk production, for grazing or feeding, horses for work,
and swine for slaughter must be inspected by an inspector of the
Bureau of Animal Industry at the port of entry. All animals cov-
ered by this section except horses, and swine for slaughter, must be
accompanied with a certificate signed by a Canadian official veter-
inarian, stating that no contagious disease, except tuberculosis and
actinomycosis in cattle, affecting the species of animals imported,
has existed in the district in which the animals have been kept for
six months preceding the date of importation, excepting animals
which are part of settlers’ effects, or belonging to Indian tribes,
which may be entered without certification or inspection. The owner
or importer must present an affidavit that said certificate refers to
the animal or animals imported. The certificate for cattle for breed-
ing and for milch cows must also show that they have been sub-
mitted to the tuberculin test and found free from tuberculosis, giving
the date of testing, with the chart of reaction, and a description of
the cattle, with age and markings. All animals imported for breed-
ing purposes, milk production, grazing or feeding, when not accom-
panied by the required affidavits and certificates, must be detained in
quarantine for one week, at the expense of the owner or importer,
under the supervision of the inspector in charge. During this deten-
tion a rigid inspection will be made, and cattle for breeding or milk
production will be tested with tuberculin. Animals found free from
disease at the end of this period will be released. Cattle and sheep
for grazing or feeding, if accompanied by the required affidavits and
certificates, need not be unloaded for inspection, but all other animals
covered by this section must be unloaded and carefully inspected.

5. All Canadian animals will be admitted at any port of the United
States for transit in bond to any Canadian port without inspection.

6. Cattle and sheep in bond for export will be admitted without
inspection at any of the ports named in section 1, in transit to and
for export from Portland, Me., Boston, Mass., and New York, N.
Y. Horses will be admitted in bond at any port of the United
States without inspection for export from any port of the United
States. All animals admitted for export will be subject to inspection
at port of export.

7. Horses for temporary stay, whether for pleasure driving, team-
ing, exhibition, racing, or used in connection with stock raising or

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mining, cattle and sheep for slaughter, and animals belonging to
Indian tribes or forming part of settlers’ effects will be admitted
through any port without inspection or certification.

8. The railroad cars used in the transportation of animals specified
by these regulations must be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected
before said animals are placed therein. All litter from previous
shipments must be removed, and the car whitewashed with lime and
carbolic acid, one pound of commercial carbolic acid to five gallons
of lime wash. Unless this regulation is complied with Canadian
animals will not be allowed entry into the United States, and animals
from the United States will not be admitted into Canada. Shippers
should see that cars are properly cleaned and disinfected before
animals are loaded.