550 VETERINARY HYGIENE 



Strange to say, none of the special Orders devoted to swine fever 

 make any mention of destruction or compensation. For this the Act 

 of 1894 has to be referred to, where it is laid down that the Board of 

 Agriculture may, if they think fit in any case, order any swine affected 

 with or suspected of swine fever to be destroyed, and they can do the 

 same to any in-contaots. 



The compensation given for affected cases is one half the value of 

 the animal before it became affected, and for any others their value 

 before slaughter. 



The cost of this falls on the Pleuro-pneumonia Account for Great 

 Britain. 



Swine Fever (Regulation of Movements) Order of 1903.— This 

 Order deals with movement of swine from outside a scheduled into 

 a scheduled area ; or to movements between two scheduled areas. 

 The Order does not authorize movements of swine either in a swine- 

 fever infected place, or a swine fever infected area. 



A scheduled area is defined as one to which a subsequent Order of 

 the Board directs the above provisions to be applied. 



Swine may be moved from premises outside a scheduled area to 

 premises in a scheduled area, if licensed by the authority of the district 

 in which the place of destination exists. 



A licence for this movement is granted to the owner or his agent, but 

 only if the swine have been on the premises from which they are to be 

 moved for twenty-eight days previously, and that during this time they 

 have not been exposed to infection. 



This declaration must be countersigned by a police officer of the 

 district where the swine are, and the licence only remains in force six 

 days. 



If the swine so moved are not intended for slaughter, they must noc 

 be moved from the place of destination for twenty-eight days after 

 arrival, during which time they are to be kept separate from other swine. 

 If they are moved into a scheduled area for a market, fair, sale-yard, 

 or exhibition, they can only be moved under licence from such place, 

 to a bacon factory or slaughter-house, where they shall be detained 

 until slaughtered. 



Swine may be moved by licence from outside a scheduled area direct 

 to a bacon factory or slaughter-house in a scheduled area, or to any 

 market, lairs, or sale-yard in a scheduled area, provided they are 

 intended for immediate slaughter. Under these conditions they must 

 be marked on the back with a red cross, not less than nine inches long; 

 they must as far as practicable be moved by rail. 



If they have previously proceeded to a lair, market, or sale-yard, 

 they can be moved therefrom by licence, but only to a bacon factory 

 or slaughter-house. 



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