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Swine Erysipelas. 



[OCT., 



The Board of Trade have received from the Colonial 



Secretary of the Bahamas a copy of the " Tariff Amendment 



(Breeds Improvement) Act, 1905" (No. 6 



Importation Of of jqqp) which was assented to by the 

 Live Stock into ^ J n , A ; , * . 



the Bahamas. Governor on 18th April last, with a view 



to the improvement of breeds of live stock 



in the Colony. 



The present Act provides that, notwithstanding the provisions 

 of the Tariff Acts, 1895 'to 1900, all stallions, bulls, rams, and 

 poultry may, from the above date, be imported free of duty into 

 the Bahama Islands. 



The symptoms of the contagious disease of swine caused by 



the bacillus of swine erysipelas are as follows : — 



- . In acute cases the swine show the usual 



Swine Erysipelas. . f ... ' 



signs of severe illness in the pig, viz., rise ot 



temperature, shivering, loss of appetite, and vomiting. In such 



cases a fatal termination may take place in twenty-four to 



forty-eight hours, but frequently the animals live much longer. 



In the less acute cases a red patchy eruption from which the 



disease gets its name — Erysipelas — appears on the buttocks, 



thighs, bod)*, and ears. 



The breathing is very quick, and the swine stagger about 

 when made to walk. Ultimately they lie prostrate in the litter 

 and die comatosed. 



In mild cases the general symptoms are not marked ; the swine 

 appear to be out of sorts, and show the usual skin eruption. 



Animals which have apparently passed through the acute stages 

 of the disease may remain unthrifty for a long time. Sometimes 

 they die suddenly from disease of the heart, which is not an 

 uncommon sequel of the disease. In other cases they present 

 symptoms of lameness, due to trouble in the joints. 



The skin is discoloured by livid patches, as in swine fever, 

 but sometimes the only symptoms shown are those of nettle-rash. 

 The bacillus, apparently, can flourish lor a long time outside the 

 bodies of animals, so that once the disease is introduced into 

 insanitary sties the infection tends to remain there. For some 

 reason, however, which is ill understood, the disease may assume 



