264 JouHNAi, oi- Tiir. DKrAiriMiLNT of Aciuk ii/ruRE. — Sept., 1922. 



isolation of ilic .stock, disinfection ot those cominj^' in contact with 

 the disease and of articles aifeeted. No stock may be iniioduced from 

 any country in which the disease exists. At present this proliibition 

 rests on im])oitations from the Netherlands. 



Lung-Sickness or Pieuro-Pneumonja. — All cattle that have been 

 in contact Avitli others suiferiny' from the disease are to be isolated 

 by the person in charge, and shall not be released until after inocula- 

 tion if this is considered necessary by the Principal Veterinary 

 Oflicer ; their quarantine runs for a period of three months. Cattle 

 affected witli the disease may be orderetl to be slaughtered, nor is it 

 permitted for any unaft'ected part of the carcass to be sold, excepting 

 if it complies with public health requirements. 



Rinderpest or Cattle Plague. — This disease is also non-existent in 

 the Union, but in event of its outbreak, regulations exist in the same 

 way as foot-and-mouth disease for the isolation, disinfection, and 

 other measures designed to stay the progress of the disease and 

 eventually to eradicate it. 



Swine Fever and Swine Erysipelas. — No pigs affected (excepting 

 those passing through by rail) may be moved out of an area declared 

 infected without the written permission of the Principal Veterinary 

 Officer, nor must any person have access to diseased animals excepting 

 those who have to care for them. No one wdio has been in contact 

 with such animals may leave the place until their person and apparel 

 are disinfected. Pigs that have been in contact with infected ones 

 are to be quarantined for not less than thirty days ; and no manure 

 or litter may be removed unless it has been treated to the satisfaction 

 of the Government veterinary officer. 



Mange in Equines. — Every equine affected with mange must be 

 isolated and treated according to the direction of the Government 

 veterinary officei". and if in his opinion the animal is incurable he 

 may order it to be destroyed. No equine must be allowed to ent?r 

 the stall of an infected one unless the place has been disinfected, nor 

 may an infected equine be placed in any other stable than its own. 

 No harness or other material used in connection with an infected 

 animal may be used for a clean one unless same has been disinfected : 

 if the Government veteiinary officer considers that disinfection is 

 impossible the articles must be buried or burned. 



Epizootic and Ulcerative Lymphangitis. — The same precautions 



geneirdly as prescribed foi' nudsui* al)ove, ap})ly also in *his disease. 



Trypanozoonosis. — Horses, mules, donkeys, cattle, shee]), goats, 

 or dogs ar(> not .'llowed into or out of an infected area, excepting that 

 the movement of uninfected animals is allowed under permit issued by 

 the magistrate, subject to the approval of the Government veterinary 

 officer. 



Rabies. — This disease does not exist in the Union. In the case 

 of outbreak, infected animals and those suspected must be destroyed 

 forthwith and the bodies buried or burned. Any animal bitten by 

 an infected one must be secured in isolation and kept under observa- 

 tion for six months. 



