544 VETEEINAEY HYGIENE 



All piggeries should be licensed, and their suitability for 

 animals properly certified before a man is permitted to 

 place animals in them. This should exist so long as Swine 

 Fever is present in the country, for unsuitable premises 

 cannot be properly disinfected. 



Pig-dealers should be registered as is done in the county 

 of Ayr ; only men with suitable premises and who work 

 under definite conditions are registered. Each consign- 

 ment of pigs purchased by him has to be kept separate, 

 also a register of swine purchased and sold, with their dis- 

 tribution. Such information is of the utmost value in 

 tracking and controlling disease. 



LEGISLATION. 



Diseases of Animals Act, 1894; Swine Fever Order of 1894:; MarJcets 

 and Fairs {Swine Fever) Order of 1896 ; Siuine Fever Order of 

 1901 ; Swine Fever (Infected Areas) Order of 1902 ; Swine Fever 

 [Begulation of Movements) Order of 1903 ; Swine Fever {Move- 

 ment from Ireland Order of 1904. 



Where swine fever exists, or has existed within twenty-eight days, 

 the place shall be declared infected by an Inspector, notice served on 

 the occupier of the premises, and to the usual authorities. The limits 

 of an infected place may at any time be altered by the Board, and 

 notice of such served on the occupier of the premises. 



A place having been declared infected, swine whether sick or 

 healthy cannot be moved into or out of it except by licence, and no 

 others are permitted to come in contact. Carcases of swine cannot be 

 removed excepting by the written permission of the Inspector. No 

 litter, manure, utensils, pens, hurdles, or other things can be removed 

 from an infected place, except by written permission of an Inspector, 

 and then not untU properly disinfected. 



No person (excepting the person tending the pig) can enter any 

 infected place without the written authority of an Inspector. Everyone 

 leaving an infected place (and this especially applies to the Inspector) 

 shall wash his hands with soap and water, and disinfect his boots with 

 carbolic or other disinfectant. 



No person in charge of an affected or suspected pig, can tend any pig 

 not so affected. 



Under no circumstance can food, litter, or manure, be removed from 

 an infected or suspected place without the licence of an Inspector. 



An Inspector can require swine to be detained, and can serve a 



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