Beretning om veterinærvæsenet i Norge for året 1891.

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shut off from other animals or intruders, until the veterinary Surgeon can
determine whether it is attacked by the disease or not.
The horse shall, during that period, be tended by people who do not go
near sound horses, and who have their own separate stable implements.
Subject to the observation of these precautionary measures be owner shall
be permitted to work the horse within the confines of Hie properly.
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Stables, or places in which horses attacked by Glanders or Farcy,
horses suspected of being so attacked, have been kept, shall be cleansed first, by
washing them out well with water, after which all woodwork and iron shall be
washed with boiling hot water (of a temperature not less than 100° Celsius)
and, when dry, be coated with a solution consisting of 1 portion or Carbolic
acid to 100 parts of water, or of 1 portion of Chloride of lime to 42 parts of
water. The masonry of the stable shall, after cleansing, be whilewashed
lime. The stables shall thereafter be aired for several days shall not be
occupied before they are completely dry.
Other objects, such as harness and other driving articles and stable implements,
which have been in contact with such sick horses, must be cleansed,
according to the nature of the article, by washing with boiling hot watifi- or
suds, and coated with the before mentioned sobilions of Carbolic acid, or Chloride
of lime, or heated (for instance in a moderately heated baking oven) to a
temperature of at least 75 0 Celsius.
Horses apparently sound, but which, in accordance with 1, have been
placed under the observation of the Public Authorities must not he employed in
such a manner as to meet other horses; for instance, at public resting places
they must not be placed in strange stables, or let out on common, or non
enclosed pastures Such horses may not be sold unless the purchaser has been
informed that they are under the observation of the Authorities and that the
Veterinary Surgeon, and the Chief Commissioner of Police (in the ( ountry, the
District Head Constable) have been informed of the sale. The Police (or District
Head Constable) of the place where the horse has been sold shall be informed
thereof by these officials.
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§ 8.
When the observation exercised by the Public Authorities, over a horse
reported as being suspected of Wanders or Fa,rey, shall be withdrawn, the
Veterinary Surgeon shall issue a certificate to the owner of the horse, which
certificate shall contain the name and 'abode (native place) of the owner; an