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as regards England and Wales in Article 13, and as regards 

 Scotland in Article 14, of that Order. It is also of importance 

 that full notes should be made of the history of any animal 

 reacting to the mallein test, prior to its slaughter, and that 

 means should be taken to secure the identification of each 

 animal after death, so that, where necessary, the movements 

 of such animal during its life-time can be traced without 

 any risk of confusion. It will probably be found convenient 

 that such information should be obtained and carefully re- 

 corded at the time that the mallein test is applied. 



The slaughter of an animal reacting to the mallein test 

 is to be followed by a post mortem examination conducted 

 by the veterinary inspector of the Local Authority of which 

 due notice is to be given to the owner of the slaughtered 

 animal, who is entitled [Article 9 (1)] to be present at such 

 examination in person, or by a representative, who, if the 

 owner thinks fit, may be a veterinary surgeon. The veterinary 

 inspector is required to communicate the result of his examina- 

 tion to the owner or his representative at its conclusion, and 

 the inspector's decision as to the presence or absence of disease 

 is final, except only where a veterinary surgeon, acting on 

 behalf of the owner, disputes the inspector's decision, in which 

 case an appeal lies to the veterinary officers of the Board, 

 whose decision is final [Article 9 (3) and (4)]. 



It appears very desirable that the compensation due to 

 the owner on the scale prescribed in Article 10 of the Order 

 should be paid as soon as possible after the completion of the 

 veterinary examination, in respect of each animal slaughtered, 

 except only in respect of any particular animal or animals as 

 to which an appeal has been lodged. In the case of animals 

 which are the subject of such appeal, the amount of compensa- 

 tion payable cannot be decided until the result of the laboratory 

 investigations which will be undertaken by the Board's veteri- 

 nary officers is known, and a period of some weeks may elapse 

 before the necessary decision can be made. It would be well 

 that the owner should be apprised of this fact by the veterinary 

 inspector when communicating to him the result of the post 

 mortem examination. 



The Board have carefully considered the suggestion that 

 has been made to them that the Order should require the 



