1906.] 



Live Stock Import Regulations. 



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dam, which are found after an examination of the district 

 veterinary surgeon not to be suffering from glanders, and with 

 respect to which certain regulations, summarized below, are 

 observed. 



Horses which are intended for slaughter must be conveyed as 

 soon as possible after arrival to the slaughter-house, and there be 

 slaughtered within eight days. Slaughter-houses for horses 

 exist at Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Leiden, Nymwegen, and 

 Utrecht, but horses will not be allowed to be sent to the three 

 latter places unless the veterinary surgeon certifies that they 

 are free from glanders, strangles, pink eye and other diseases, 

 and are fit to be transported by rail. (See Regulations pub- 

 lished in Nederlandsche Staatscoiirant, of i6th Aug., 1906.) 



Other horses must be inoculated with mallein either at the 

 place of arrival or at the place of destination, under the superin- 

 tendence of the district veterinary surgeon, and at the cost of 

 the owners. The district veterinary surgeon is empowed to grant 

 exemption from this mallein test in special cases, and provided 

 that an official declaration from the authority of the place of 

 origin, issued within the last eight days, is given him showing 

 (i) that the animals, whose age and description are to be given, 

 have remained on the premises during the last twenty days and 

 that no case of glanders has occurred there in the last three 

 months, and (2) giving the route and method of conveyance. 

 In such a case the owner is bound to keep the animals for a 

 period not exceeding three months, apart from all other animals 

 of the same species till they have been again examined by the 

 district veterinary surgeon and declared healthy. 



The importation of solipedes not intended for slaughter, 

 carried direct by ship to Flushing, is permitted under similar 

 conditions. The through transit is permitted of solipedes which 

 are conveyed immediately after disembarkation apart from 

 other cattle, by railway, without untrucking, in special locked 

 and sealed waggons ; but exemption can be obtained from the 

 district veterinary surgeon for horses of such value and quality 

 that from the nature of things no danger of infection is likely to 

 arise. 



