140 TlilNIDAD AI\D TOBAGO BULLETIN. [XIX. 3. 



Movement of Cai!Casks, Dung, Litter, Fodder, Etc. 



4. No carcase, dung, litter, fodder, utensils, pens, hurdles, or other 

 things shall be removed from an infected place or area except with the 

 permission in writing of the Government Veterinary Surgeon. 



Disposal of Carcases, Dung, Litter, Fodder, Etc. 



5. A. diseased carcase or the carcase of any diseased animal 

 slaughtered by order of the Governor in Executive Council shall be 

 disposed of as follows : 



(1.) The carcase shall be destroyed by exposui'e to a high 

 temperature upon the farm or premises upon which the 

 carcase is. or at the nearest suitable place for the purpose. 



(2.) The carcase shall be disinfected and shall then be taken to the 

 Detention Station and shall there be destroyed by exposure to 

 a high temperature or by chemical agents. 



(3.) When the circumstances do not permit of the disposal of the 

 carcase by either of the foregoing methods the Government 

 Teterinary Surgeon shall cause the carcase to be buried as 

 soon as possible in its skin in some convenient or suitable 

 place to which animals shall not have access, and which is 

 removed from any dwelling house and at such a distance 

 from any well or watercourse as will preclude any risk of the 

 contamination of the water therein, the carcase being buried 

 at a depth of not less than six feet below the surface of the 

 earth and with a layer of lime not less than one foot deep 

 below and above it. Where possible the place shall be the 

 farm or premises upon which the animal died or was 

 slaughtered. 



(4.) In the case of Anthrax, before a carcase is moved for burial or 

 destruction, under this regulation, all the natural openings 

 thereof shall be effectually plugged with tow or seme suitable 

 material soaked in a saturated solution of carbolic acid or 

 other disinfectaiit equal m disinfective efficiency. In no case 

 shall the skin or the carcase be cut nor shall anything be 

 done to cause the effusion of blood except bj- the Government 

 Veterinai'y Surgeon, and so far only as may be necessary for 

 the purpose of microscopical or cultural examination. 



(5.) The Government Veterinary Surgeon shall cause all dung, 

 litter, fodder and other matter to be well mixed with quicklime 

 and to be effectually removed from all animals or to be burnt 

 or destroyed when it appears to him to be likely to spread 

 disease. 



Cleansing and Disinfection. 



6. The Government Veterinary Surgeon whenever he considers it 

 necessary shall cause to be cleansed and disinfected under his own 

 directions or those of a competent person to be named by him, and in 

 the mode pro^ ided by tliese Piegulations : 



{((.) All those parts of any shed, stable, building, field or other place 

 in which a diseased animal has died or been slaughtered or has 



