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Glanders or Farcy Order of 190;. [oct., 



compensation to be paid for an animal slaughtered in such cir- 

 cumstances under compulsory powers may fairly be one-half 

 its value immediately before it became diseased, and full value 

 if on post mortem examination the animal is found to be free 

 from disease. The maximum full value is for the purposes of 

 the Order to be taken as £50 for a horse and £12 for an ass or 

 mule. In approving these rates of compensation the Board have 

 kept in view the importance of securing the co-operation and 

 support of horse-owners in the operations to be undertaken. 



The new Order requires Local Authorities to destroy not 

 only horses, asses, and mules which show clinical symptoms 

 which are definite evidence of disease, but also those in which 

 the application of the mallein test has resulted in definite 

 evidence of disease. All such animals are for purposes of the 

 Order to be treated as " diseased " animals, and a " suspected " 

 animal is defined as one which shows clinical symptoms of 

 glanders, but such as are insufficient to make the animal 

 " diseased." Animals which have merely been in contact 

 with diseased animals are not necessarily on that account to 

 be treated as " suspected," but special provision is made 

 for the treatment of animals which can fairly be regarded 

 as having been exposed to infection. 



The adoption of the mallein test as a basis of diagnosis 

 affords, the Board believe, a means whereby the entire eradica- 

 tion of glanders from this country may within a reasonably 

 short period of time be secured, and the provisions of Article 2 

 of the Order are designed to minimise the risk of re-importation 

 of the disease by means of animals brought from abroad. 



Much will depend, however, upon the manner in which the 

 Order is carried out in various districts, and, with a view 

 to secure the greatest attainable amount of administrative 

 uniformity and efficiency in the important duties entrusted to 

 veterinary inspectors of Local Authorities, the Board desire 

 to call the special attention of Local Authorities to the following 

 points. 



The application of the mallein test is an operation which 

 must be conducted by skilled veterinarians and with the 

 utmost care, and confidence cannot be placed in the result 

 unless reliable mallein from proved sources only is used for 

 the purpose of the test. Inasmuch as many preparations of 



