i68 Live Stock Lmport Regulations. [tune, 



The Argentine Government have pubHshed a Decree, dated 

 April 6th, 1906, aboHshing quarantine in the case of animals of 

 the equine species on their arrival in 



Importation Argentina, and imposing a period of 

 of Horses into 1 . • .i, , ^ ^ 



Arg'entina sanitary observation in the lazaretto last- 

 ing from six hours to ten days, with a 

 further observation in their place of destination. It provides 

 that the official veterinary surgeons at the port shall carry out 

 a clinical examination within the first six hours, and if there is 

 any doubt as to the health of the animal, or if it has been in 

 contact with animals suspected of being diseased, they may 

 carry out the mallein test, and impose a stay of ten days in 

 the quarantine station. 



If the clinical examination does not give rise to suspicion 

 of disease the owner may convey the animal to any place 

 selected by him, with the consent, of the authorities, but he is 

 required to note the health of the animal for three months, 

 and to communicate any alteration he may observe to the 

 Department. 



Owners who desire to dispose of breeding animals imme- 

 diately without submitting them to this sanitary observation 

 may, after the six hours mentioned above, ask for the mallein 

 test to be applied in the lazaretto in accordance with Article 53 

 of the Animals' Sanitary Regulations. 



According to a suminary of departmental instructions for 

 the guidance of Stock Inspectors at Transvaal ports of entry, 

 dated June ist, 1905, the following regu- 

 Live Stock Import lations control the importation of cattle, 



Regulations , , , ^ ; r 



Transvaal.* horses and sheep into the Transvaal from 



Great Britain : — 



Cattle, — No cattle will be admitted into the Transvaal unless 



the owner has previously applied for and obtained a written 



* Live stock import regulations have been published in this yi?z^r«a/.fojr the follow- 

 ing countries : — United States, June, 1903, and Oct., 1904; Argentina, Jan., 1905 j 

 Cape Colony, Feb., 1905 ; Canada, March, 1905; New South Wales, April, 1905 ; 

 Germany, May, 1905; New Zealand, June, 1905 ; South Australia, July, 1905; 

 France, August, 19 05 ; Bel gium, Sept., 1905 ; Uruguay, Oct., 1905 ; Victoria, 

 Nov., 1905 ; Spain, JJec.y i9oy^;n:^ueenslaird77ari. , 1956" -'"Western Australia, Feb., 

 1906; and Tasmania, INIarch, 1906. 



