516 VETEKINAEY HYGIENE 



The disinfection is carried out at the cost of the local authorities, or 

 the latter can make the occupier pay, or do the work for him and 

 charge him with the same. Occupiers have, under penalty, to give full 

 facilities for cleansing. 



Local authorities can make any regulation they think fit to prevent 

 the spread of the disease through the medium of markets, fairs, sale- 

 yards, etc. 



If the disease is found among animals in transit, either in a market, 

 railway-station, park, commonage, etc., they may be seized and dealt 

 with by the local authority, and the place disinfected, the cost of the 

 proceeding being recoverable from the owner or other persons con- 

 cerned. 



All sheep affected with sheep pox are to be destroyed within two 

 days by the local authorities. All sheep suspected of being affected, or 

 of having been exposed to infection, may be destroyed by the local 

 authorities if they think fit. No slaughter-house can be used for this 

 purpose where swine are kept. 



Compensation is paid out of the local rates, half value not exceeding 

 forty shiUings, being paid for the affected. 



In aU other cases the compensation shall be the value before 

 slaughter, but not exceeding four pounds. 



A local authority may withhold compensation, if in their opinion the 

 sheep was diseased at the time it was brought into their district. 



It is an offence to expose diseased or suspected sheep in any public 

 or private place where sheep are usually sold; or to place diseased 

 sheep in contact with the healthy at any market or fair. To send 

 sheep by road, rail, or otherwise if diseased or suspected is an offence 

 to expose them in any way, on commonlands, fields, highways, etc. , 

 so that healthy sheep run a risk of infection, is unlawful. 



It is an offence to move sheep in contravention of the Order ; to 

 remove or fail to bury or destroy a carcase ; to omit anything with 

 regard to cleansing or disinfection ; to allow sheep to stray to avoid 

 the operation of the Order ; or to give a false name or address in con- 

 nection with a movement licence. 



SHEEP SCABIES. 



In the chapter dealing with Parasites, we drew attention 

 to the fact that all animals are affected by scabies, but in 

 none does it assume such serious proportions as in the 

 sheep. 



Every continent and every country has suffered more or 

 less from this pest. In countries where sheep-farming is a 

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