266 Journal of Agricidture, Victoria. [lo April, 191 1. 



REGULATIONS 



Governing the Examination of Stallions for the Government 

 Certificate of Soundness and Approval. 



I. — Examination Parades. 



(1) Societies within wliose district an Inspection Parade is appointed 

 are required to provide a suitable place for the examinations to be con- 

 ducted, and to suitably and reasonably advertise the holding of the parade 

 on receipt of notice from the Department of the fixture. The secretary or 

 some member of the committee of the society is required to be in attendance 

 at the appointed time to assist the examining ollicer in the arrangements for 

 the inspection. 



(2) The Parades will be conducted and the Veterinary Officer will 

 attend without expense to Societies other than that involved in advertising 

 and making known the occasion to the public and the Stallion owners in 

 the district, and providing the examination ground. 



(3) The Examining Officer will attend Inspection Parades held at times 

 and places set out in the official Time Table for the year, and all examina- 

 tions of Stallions for the Government Certificate will be made at such 

 Parades or at Agricultural Shows or on some such publiclv advertised occa- 

 sion, unless under special circumstances as provided for in clause 5. 



(4) In the event of it being found impossible for local reasons to hold' 

 the Parade in any district at the time and date set out in the Time Table,, 

 notice to that effect — together with suggestions for alternative date and 

 time compatible with the rest of the Time Table — should be given not 

 later than ist June, after which no alteration in the Time Table can be 

 made. 



(5) The special examination of stallions for the Government Certificate 

 of Soundness at other than the advertised district stallion parades may be 

 arranged for in cases where, through accidental circumstances, the owner 

 has failed to submit the horse at such parade. 



Such examinations will only be arranged when the attendance of the- 

 Examining Officer will not interfere with the requirements of the Depart- 

 ment for his services in other directions. 



An owner requesting such special examinations will be required to pre- 

 pay a fee of jQi is. for each horse examined; also the railway fare (first 

 class return), and travelling expenses at the rate of 14s. per day, of the 

 visiting officer. 



II. — Grounds for Rejection. 



(i) Refusal of Certificate on the ground of unsoundness will be made 

 only when in the opinion of the Examining Officer the horse is affected 

 at the time of examination with one or more of the following hereditary 

 un.soundnesses in any degree, viz. : — 



Roaring Curb Thoroughpin and Bursal Enlargements 



Ringbone Bog Spavin Nasal disease (Osteo-porosis) 



Sidebone Bone Spavin Chorea (" Shivering " or " Nervy ") 



or such Other hereditary unsoundness as the Minister may at any time 

 declare. (Blemishes or unsoundness, the result — in the opinion of the 

 Examining Officer on appearances then presentetl — of accident, injury, and 

 over-strain or over- work, will not disqualify.) 



(2) The Certificate will also be refused in the case of animals con- 

 sidered by the Examining Officer to be below a reasonable standard for 

 Government approval, as regards type, conformation and breeding. 



