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         Shallow pails of disinfectant fluid should be placed at all entrances and in them
all persons should dip their boots (or feet) both while entering or leaving.
Arrangements should be made before immunisation is started for a sufficient supply
of grain and fodder to be within the camp.

         Excreta and soiled bedding must be considered infective, and measures should
be taken for their disposal within the segregation camp.

         5. SERUM FOR THE ACTIVE IMMUNISATION OF CATTLE AGAINST RINDERPEST.

         Serum required for inoculation by this method must be specially indented for
from the laboratory a short time before the anticipated date of the inoculation and
the request for the serum must be made in the above precise terms. Old stocks of
serum that have remained over from a previous season must not be used. The
serum for serum-simultaneous inoculation is issued in bottles with special white
labels in two grades:—

         Class I serum. This serum is to be used for imported Foreign cattle and also
animals containing any proportion of foreign (imported) blood.

         Class II serum. This serum is issued for inoculation of all Indian breeds of
cattle and buffaloes.

                           6. RECOMMENDED DOSE RATES OF SERUM.

         The following table indicates approximately the quantities of serum in cubic
centimetres for each hundred pounds body weight recommended for different
breeds of animals:—

Breed

Dose per 100 lbs. body
weight

Class of serum

Imported Foreign cattle

45 to 50 c. c. .

7/9th European breed ....

35 to 40 c. c.....

¾th „ „ ....

30 to 35 c. c.....

} Class I.

½ ....

20 to 25 c. c.....

¼th „ „ ....

15 to 20 c. c.....

⅛th „ „ ....

12½ to 15 c. c.....

Indian breed cattle ....

5 to 10 c. c. .

} Class II.

Buffaloes......

10 to 15 c. c.....