1905.] Live Stock Import Regulations. 



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All horses, asses, mules, ruminants, and swine arriving by 

 land or sea, either for importation or through transit, must be 

 submitted at the port or place of arrival to a careful examination 

 by the Official Veterinary Surgeon. The cost must be borne 

 by the importer. To facilitate the examination the im- 

 portation must take place at certain fixed ports (or frontier 

 Custom Houses). The following ports are prescribed for animals 

 imported by sea, viz., Hamburg, Altona-Bahrenfeld, Apenrade 

 Flensburg, Kiel, Liibeck, and Rostock-Warnemiinde, at which 

 places a veterinary inspection of the animals can be made, and 

 where quarantine stations are also provided. The first inspec- 

 tion is to take place on board ship. This limitation, however, 

 does not apply to horses, asses, and mules, or to animals for 

 breeding purposes, trained animals, and animals for zoological 

 gardens, parks, and other similar places which have obtained 

 special permits, or to swine. The importation of these animals 

 is subject to certain local regulations. 



Ruminants and swine arriving by sea from foreign countries 

 must on landing after examination by the Veterinary Officer 

 undergo a quarantine of four weeks at the cost of the importer 

 before they are permitted to be slaughtered (within or without 

 the port) or are allowed to enter the ordinary trade channels. 

 Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish cattle are only subjected 

 to ten days' quarantine. Cattle, sheep, and pigs which after 

 undergoing quarantine are permitted to leave, are to remain 

 under observation at the place of destination for a further 

 period of five months, but without interfering with the owner 

 in the disposition of the animals. 



The central authority of the State in which the entry is to 

 take place is authorised, in conjunction with the central 

 authority of the State to which the consignment is addressed, 

 to permit the entry without quarantine of breeding animals, 

 trained animals, and those intended for zoological gardens, 

 parks, and other such places, when such animals have not been 

 shipped with animals liable to quarantine. The latter authority 

 has power^ according to circumstances, to make regulations 

 for the control at the place of destination of animals admitted 

 without quarantine. 



The importation and through transit of ruminants and swine 



