208 Journal of the Department op Agriculture. 



VETERINARY. 



Anthrax. — With a view to strengthening the hands of the 

 Government in its campaign against the spread of anthrax, the sub- 

 .joined regulation, providing for the reporting of all deaths of cattle 

 and the proper disposal of the carcasses, has been approved and is 

 now in force : — 



{a) It shall be the duty of any owner or person in charge of 

 stock travelling along any public road to immediately 

 report any case of illness or death of any cattle 

 from any cause whatever to the magistrate, Govern- 

 ment veterinary officer, or justice of the peace 

 of the district, area, or ward, or at the nearest 

 police station or police post, and to the resident, owner, 

 or occupier of the land on which the animal or animals 

 may have died or been left behind on account of any sick- 

 ness. Such report made to a magistrate. Government 

 veterinary officer, justice of the peace, or at a police 

 station or police post shall be made in manner provided by 

 paragraph 1 of Minister's Orders, published under Govern- 

 ment Notice No. 637 of 1915 and Section 15 of the regula- 

 tions issued under Government Notice No. 638 of 1915, 

 and all and several the provisions of such regulations shall 

 Tnutatis mutandis and in so far as applicable apply in 

 respect of such report and of the steps to be taken there- 

 upon. 

 (6) The owner or person in charge of such stock shall be 

 responsible and liable for the proper burial or destruction 

 of such dead animals or such animals as may be sick and 

 subsequently die upon the farm. 

 Any contravention of or failure to comply with these regulations 

 will render the owner or person in charge of the stock liable to the 

 penalties provided under section twenty-one of the Stock Diseases Act 

 and for any loss or expense which the resident owner or occupier may 

 incur through such non-compliance. 



East Coast Fever. — In the Pietersburg District the disease is 

 considered to be so well in hand that arrangements have been made 

 to permit cattle to be moved to the open markets from the western 

 portions of the district, and it is hoped shortly to be able to open a 

 large tract of the Zoutpansberg. In the Piet Retief and Barberton 

 Pistricts satisfactory progress is being made, but the Pretoria District 

 still remains a menace to the surrounding districts, the majority of 

 stock owners still being unconvinced that the tick is the root of 

 the evil and consequently the erection of dipping tanks progresses 

 slowly. The Transkei has had a disconcerting outbreak in the Elliot- 

 dale district, which has been clean for over two years, but as the 

 district is well tanked, it is hoped that the outbreaks will be promptly 

 overcome. 



Horse-sickness. — Most serious losses from horse-sickness have 

 been taking place for the past few months in the Kimberley, Modder 

 Hiver, and Douglas areas. Many owners who suffered losses from 

 the disease have expressed the opinion that it was not horse-sickness, 

 but both the Government Veterinary Officer and the officer from the 

 Research Laboratory who investigated the outbreaks declare the 

 disease to be horse-sickness. 



