Beretning om veterinærvæsenet i Norge for året 1891.

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Order of 15th August 1890, concerning measures to be adopted in respect to
the exportation of domestic animals to Great Britain and Ireland.
In accordance with the Law concerning measures for the prevention or
the exportation of domestic animals of the 14th June of the current year, it is
hereby determined as follows.
§
Horses, cattle, swine, sheep and goats intended for shipment to Great
Britain or Ireland shall, immediately previous to shipment on board the vessel
concerned, be examined at the cost of the exporter by a Veterinary Surgeon
appointed for the purpose by the authorities, and may only be shipped,
provided that on examination, they do not exhibit any appearance whatsoever of
suffering from any contagious disease, and that there is not any reason for
supposing that they, through contact with infected animals, or in any other
manner lately, could be infected by such diseases. The Veterinary Surgeon shall
issue to the exporter a certificate in respect to this.
§ 2.
Immediately on the animals being examined and passed, they shall either
be shipped on board or placed in a special enclosure, so that all contact with
unexamined animals be thereby avoided. At the same time each animal shall
be furnished with a mark to show that it has been examined and may be
exported. The number and sex of the animals, together with the nature of the
mark, shall be entered in the certificate of health which is issued by the Veterinary
Surgeon.
§ 3.
Every ship intended to be employed in exportation as mentioned in 1,
shall, before each voyage, at the first place where it shall ship animals in this
country, be inspected by a qualified Norwegian Veterinary Surgeon appointed
thereto by the authorities, or, provided no such Veterinary Surgeon is to be
found there, then by the Police Authorities at the place. Should such Veterinary