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ances and excessive emaciation are of differential value. 

 Rinderpest is to be differentiated from " foot and mouth 

 disease," and malignant catarrh if complicated with emphy- 

 sema of the lungs. Anthrax, Texas fever, and other affections 

 such as contagious pleuropneumonia and enteritis may be mis- 

 taken for it. The differentiation may be made from the specific 

 nature of each disease. 



S 349. Prevention. In this connection the proclama- 

 tion for the prevention of the spread of rinderpest in Cape 

 Colony recently issued by the British Government authorities 

 is of interest. It is as follows : 



"Disinfection of hides, hoofs, horns, skins and feathers, i. Hides 

 skins, hoofs, horns and feathers will only be allowed south of Orange 

 River and will only be accepted for conveyance by rail after being 

 thoroughly disinfected in the manner hereafter described at railway 

 stations and the authorized crossing places in terms of Regulation 5 

 issued under Proclamation No. 387 of 1S96, or at each of them as shall 

 hereafter be notified. 



2. No hides, skins, horns or hoofs shall be passed by the Supervis- 

 ing Officer unless accompanied by a declaration signed by the consignor 

 (or his agent) that they are from animals that have not died from rinder- 

 pest. Any hides, skins, horns or hoofs not accompanied by such declar- 

 ation, shall be immediately destroyed by the Supervising Officer at the 

 consignor's expense. 



3. Disinfection shall be supervised by the officer appointed by the 

 Government for the purpose, but shall be performed by the owners or 

 consignors or their agents. 



4. Dried hides, horns or hoofs shall be immersed in a liquid disin- 

 fectant for at least 30 minutes. 



5. Green hides and skins shall be immersed in a liquid disinfectant 

 for a period of at least 15 minutes. 



6. The disinfectant used may be either a two per cent solution of 

 carbolic acid or a five per cent solution of Jaye's Disinfectant, Odam's 

 Disinfectant or Izal. 



7. Feathers shall be hung up for three hours in a chamber charged 

 with sulphurous acid produced by burning an excess of sulphur in a 

 closed chamber. 



8. Hides, skins, horns, hoofs and the packages containing feathers 

 when disinfected, shall be marked for the guidance of the railway offi- 

 cials, and shall be accompanied by a certificate that disinfection has 



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