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Trucks, &c. Railway trucks and vehicles except a horse-box or guard's van 

 used for animals on a railway must, on every occasion after an animal is taken 

 out of it, and before any other animal, or fodder, litter or other thing intended 

 to be used for or about animals, is placed in it, be cleansed and disinfected, 

 and the scrapings, sweepings, dung, &c., disposed of as above (vessels). 



Horse-Boxes used for Cattle, &c. A horse-box used for an animal (all 

 ruminating animals and swine) must, after the animal is taken out and before 

 any other is placed therein, be cleansed and disinfected as follows : The floor 

 of the box and all other parts with which droppings have come in contact must 

 be scraped and swept and all scrapings, sweepings, &c., be removed. The sides 

 of the box must be thoroughly washed. All other parts of the box with which 

 the animal or its droppings have come in contact must be thoroughly washed with 

 water and then be whitewashed or otherwise disinfected as later described. 

 Scrapings, &c., must be mixed with quicklime and be removed. 



Vans and Floats used for Diseased or Suspected Animals. A van or float 

 used for moving animals by road must, on every occasion after a diseased or 

 suspected animal is taken out of it and before any other animal is placed in it, 

 be cleansed and disinfected. Sweepings, &c., must be mixed with quicklime and 

 be removed from contact with animals. 



Pens. Every pen or other place in any way connected with a railway 

 company, for the reception or keeping of animals in connection with their 

 transit by railway, must be cleansed and disinfected either on each day on which 

 it is used or after it has been used, or not later than noon the following day 

 Sunday excepted. Scrapings, &c., to be treated as before described. 



Disease at Place of Landing. When an animal at a place of landing, or 

 place adjacent thereto, is affected with " disease," that place, or any other place 

 with which the animal has been in contact, must not be used for any other 

 animal liable to contract the disease until such place has been cleansed and 

 disinfected. 



Regulations of L.A. as to Cleansing and Disinfection of Lairs. Empowers 

 the L.A. to make regulations for requiring the occupiers of lairs to cleanse 

 them from time to time, at their own expense, and to disinfect them when 

 required to do so, and for prohibiting the use of lairs for animals, unless the 

 lairs are so paved with cement, or other hard material impervious to water, 

 so as to permit of the same being effectually cleansed by washing. A " Lair " 

 means a building, erection, pen, or other enclosure used for the temporary 

 detention of animals before their exposure for sale. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Cremation of Diseased or Suspected Carcases. Any carcase required by an 

 Order of the B. of A. to be disposed of by the L.A. may, notwithstanding any- 

 thing in the Order prescribing the mode of disposal, be destroyed by the L.A. 

 by cremation upon the farm or premises on which the carcase is or upon the 

 nearest available suitable premises. The carcase may not be taken into the 

 district of another L.A. without the consent of the latter. 



Digging up of Carcases. It is unlawful for any person, except with the 

 licence of the B. of A., or permission in writing of an I.B.A., to dig up, or 

 cause to be dug up, the carcase of any " animal " that has been buried. 



CHANNEL ISLANDS ANIMALS ORDER, 1896. 



Animals brought from the Channel Islands to Great Britain may be landed 

 at any port which is specified by the B. of A. for that purpose without being 

 subject to slaughter or quarantine. The landing of such animals is subject to 

 certain conditions. The vessel in which they were imported must not, within 28 

 days before taking them on board, have on board any animal exported or carried 

 coastwise from a place in any other country than the United Kingdom, the 

 Channel Islands, or the Isle of Man. 



The vessel must not within 21 days of shipping the imported animals, or 

 at any other time since shipping them, have entered any port in any country 

 except the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, or the Isle of Man. 



