148 TE IN ID AD AND T OB AGO BULLETIN. \XIX'. 3. 



(2.) In o}.-der to rliagnose glanders in equidae (horses, asses and mules), 

 tuberculosis in cattle, tuberculosis of the udder in cows, sheep scab in 

 sheep, and surra in equidse (horses, asses and mules) the Government 

 Veterinary Surgeon shall carry out tests when he considers it necessary, 

 and the fees for such tests shall be as prescribed in these regulations and 

 be payable to the Government Veterinary Surgeon by the consignee or 

 importer of tlie animals, 



(B.) The carcase of an animal that has died from anthrax or is 

 suspected to have died from this disease during detention shall not be 

 ■eviscerated until the examinatioii of a blood smear from a vein of the 

 external ear in the case of ruminants and of a smear of blood from a 

 vein of the external ear or a smear from the gelatinous exudate about the 

 throat in horses and pigs shall have been examined by the Government 

 Veterinary Surgeon. 



If such a diagnosis is positive the carcase shall be destroyed 

 forthwith. 



(4.) In order to stop the spi-ead of disease during the detention of 

 foreign animals the Government Veterinary Surgeon, may, when he 

 considers this measure necessary, carry out methods of immunization 

 in all animals that have been in contact with diseased animals. Fees 

 as prescribed by these regulations for each dose of Anti-serum, Anti- 

 Toxin, Bacterial filtrate or Vaccine shall be paid to the Government 

 Veterinary Surgeon by the owner of the animals imumnized. 



(5.) Any medicines supplied by tlie Government or the City or 

 Borough Council for the treatment of any animal under orders of the 

 Examiner of Animals during detention shall be paid for by the owner of 

 tl;ie animal at the rates specified in Government or Coi-poration contracts 

 for the supply of such medicines to these authorities, or in the absence 

 of any such contract at the current local prices of such medicines. 



(6.) If the Examiner shall be satisfied that no foreign animal so 

 detained has shown synn^:)toms of disease during such period as he 

 considers fit, he shall at the request of the owner of such animal grant 

 a certificate to that effect, hereinafter called " A certificate of freedom 

 from Disease " according to the Form E in the Schedule to these 

 regulations, and thereupon such animals may be disposed of in such 

 manner as the owner shall see fit. 



Animals not being Foreign Animals. 



9. — (1.) An animal not being a foreign animal may be landed at any 

 of the aforesaid ports, with the exception of the landing stage attached 

 to the Detention Station at Sea Lots, without being examined by aji 

 Examiner of Anima's, and on landing may be disposed of in such a 

 manner as the owner shall see fit. 



(2.) An animal not being a foreign animal that has been in contact 

 with a foreign aniujal or a carcase, oi" any dung, fodder, litter, fittings, 

 pens, hurdles or any other thi ig landed at any of the said ports or 

 moved away fr. m such ptrbs in contravention of these reguLttions shall 

 for the purposes of tl.e .^e regulations ba doomed to le a foregn animal 

 and be dealt with in accordanca ^vith the orders of the Examiner of 

 Animals. 



