426 Importation of Live Stock — Uruguay, [oct., 



When live stock is to be imported, the authorities are to 

 demand from the owners or importers a written declaration that 

 the animals have been shipped in accordance with the above 



requirements, 



A certificate issued by the Ministry of Agriculture, or by the 

 Department representing the same, of the country of origin, and 

 vised by the Consul there residing, must also be presented to 

 the effect that : — 



(a) The animals have been submitted to a veterinary inspection 

 at the place of shipment in order to prove the good state of their 

 health, and that they, as well as the lighters or other means of 

 conveyance employed for placing them on board, were 

 previously subjected to such hygienic measures as are adapted 

 in the country of origin so as to guard animals against 

 contagion : 



(b) Importers must also exhibit a form specifying the number, 

 species, and breed of the animals shipped, and the address of 

 the owners and the destination of the animals : 



(c) In the case of cattle the certificate must also indicate that 

 in the country of origin cattle-plague does not exist and has not 

 existed for the last ten years, and that foot-and-mouth disease and 

 pleuro-pneumonia do not exist and have not existed there for 

 the last six months. 



{d) In the case of sheep the certificate must make a similar 

 statement as to cattle-plague and foot-and-mouth disease, and 

 further, that sheep-pox of an epizootic character does not exist 

 in the province or department from which the sheep come and 

 that no case of that disease has occurred for six months. 



(e) In the case of goats or swine the certificate must make a 

 similar statement as to cattle-plague and foot-and-mouth disease 

 as in the case of cattle. 



(/) When horses are transported the certificate must make a 

 similar statement as to cattle-plague, and also that neither 

 glanders nor farcy of an epizootic nature exists, and that in the 

 province or department whence the animals come there has 

 been no case of these diseases for the last six months. 



(<£*) Consuls when legalising the signature of these documents 

 must also certify that the official who issues them is competent 

 and authorised so to do. 



