English Translation

13 - 17 - to take advantage of economic work, the official veterinarians were pointed out that they were only allowed 8 days before the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in a community to carry out vaccinations of such animals and to grant facilities for field work. In addition, it was observed that in individual cases the effect of vaccination with such a reconvalescent serum is low, so that a breakthrough of immunity took place after 6 days and that in these vaccinated animals the disease was more malignant. Compliance with the ordered father-patient measures generally leaves much to be desired. Disinfection of persons, vehicles, etc., who leave the contaminated farm or run- de disinfection in the infected farm itself is not at all or only inadequately carried out, breeding and farm animals are bought quickly before the disease declaration or even non-diseased claw animals / oxen / a contaminated farm are used for field work, to name just a few examples. It seems to me necessary to use here for surveillance in the greater mass gendarmerie, especially since there are no other police officers available in the municipalities. The official veterinarians of the contaminated districts have been constantly and in a service meeting pointed to the strict execution and supervision of all protective measures. To this end, an increased control activity of my department has set in motion to achieve as soon as possible a containment of this disease. Of the other epidemics, the anthrax has sporadicly occurred in four districts.