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note giving the name and address of the owner, the species of animal 

 from which the smear was taken, and stating the disease which is 

 suspected. In posting the smear the address should vary with the 

 Province — in the case of the Orange Free State it should he sent to 

 the Senior Veterinary Officer, Bloemfontein ; in the Cape it should 

 go to the Senior Veterinary Officer, Capetown, or to the Director of 

 the Veterinary Institute, Grahamstown ; in Natal to the Assistant 

 Director of Veterinary Research, Allerton Laboratory, Maritzburg; 

 in the Transkei to the Senior Veterinary Officer, Umtata; and in the 

 Transvaal to the Director of Veterinary Eesearch, P.O. Box 593, 

 Pretoria. 



4. In the event of the disease turning out to be anthrax all in- 

 contact cattle should be inoculated as soon as possible. The Veterinary 

 Division will assist farmers by arranging for a veterinary officer to 

 demonstrate the method of inoculation whenever practicable. The 

 vaccine for inoculating can be obtained on application from the 

 Director, Veterinary Institute, Grahamstown, the Assistant Director 

 of Veterinary Research, Allerton Laboratory, Maritzburg, or from 

 the Director of Veterinary Research, P.O. Box 593, Pretoria; cash 

 should accompany all orders. The price of the vaccine is 5s. for 

 twenty-five doses for cattle, and 5s. for fifty doses for sheep. Full 

 instructions as to how to inoculate are issued with the vaccine, and 

 suitable syringes for the operation can generally be obtained through 

 local chemists or direct from any surgical instrument-maker. 



Anthrax may Seriously Damage the Union's Trade. 



The prevalence of anthrax in a country is viewed with mistrust 

 by other countries importing its products, and in addition to the 

 Union's first concern already referred to, that of protecting human 

 life and preserving our live stock, it is of great moment at this period 

 in our history that no suspicion of taint from anthrax should be 

 attached to any of our products. In the April issue of the Journal 

 (p. 79) we drew attention to the stringent measures adopted by the 

 Imperial authorities to prevent the introduction into the United 

 Kingdom of any goods infected or likely to be infected with anthrax. 

 And it is certain that a spreading of the disease in the Union will 

 retard our overseas trade. This would result in a serious set back to 

 our meat export trade which is only in its infaucj'^, and which there- 

 fore has to be nursed and built up with the greatest care, for no 

 country will receive our exports with open arms unless effectual 

 measures are taken for their protection. Other animal products, 

 such as wool, hides, and skins are affected in like manner, and any 

 restriction in the export of these articles would be a calamity. 



It is forbidden to dissect the carcass of an animal known to have 

 died of anthrax, and there are regulations, with pains and penalties 

 for their non-observance, for the purpose of controlling and stamping 

 out this fell disease. It may be that in a measure the disease 

 continues to spread because the penalties inflicted for disregard of the 

 law are not sufficiently heavy. That there are other countries where 

 infringements of the regulations dealing with the control of cattle 

 disease are more severely dealt with than in South Africa is well 

 known. As an example of this rigour there appeared recently in the 

 Press a messag-e from London that two Norfolk farmers have been 



