Beretning om veterinærvæsenet i Norge for året 1891.

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Circular.
From
the Home Department of the Royal Norwegian Government,
A Royal Ordinance of the 6th day of the present month (June 1893) has
been issued containing the following instructions.
«By virtue of § 8 of the Law of the 20th May 1882, respecting measures
to be adopted in respect to malignant contagious diseases amongst domestic
animals, it is hereby determined that the following prohibition is to replace the
prohibitions determined by Royal ordinances of the 9th March and 27th April
1887, 17th July 1888, 12th February, 4th and 29th March, 1st September and
31st October 1892, 6th January and 23rd March of the current year.
A. Horses must not be imported except on the conditions that:
1) a bill of health issued by the Police Authorities of the country concerned,
or by a Norwegian Consul, accompanies each animal and by
which it appears that the animal is in a healthy condition and, presumably,
does not convey any contagious disease, and
2) that every animal before landing at a Norwegian port be examined by
a qualified Norwegian Veterinary Surgeon, and is declared by him to be
in a sound condition.
B. Ruminants. The importation of Ruminants (i. e. Cattle, Sheep,
Goats and other cud-chewing animals) is prohibited from all countries,
with the exception of the Russian ports on the Arctic and White Seas,
from which ports importation to Finmarken is permitted. The Reindeer
traffic to Norway shall not be affected by this prohibition.
C. Swine may not be imported from any country with the exception of those
Russian ports specified in paragraph B, from which ports swine may be
imported to Finmarken.
D. D og s. The importation of Dogs is prohibited from all Countries except
those of Sweden and Denmark, from which countries importation may take
place on their being accompanied by a certificate from the Police Authorities
of the country concerned, from which it appears that the animal in question
has dwelt for at least 6 months within the country concerned, and that,
in conformity_ with the declaration of a qualified Veterinary Surgeon, they