Beretning om veterinærvæsenet i Norge for året 1891.

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Animals suffering from anthrax, or those suspected of being attacked by
the disease, may only be slaughtered on the spot where it is intended to bury
or burn them, or where perfect disinfection can take place. During transportation
to the spot, it must be seen that secretions from the sick animals are not
permitted to give rise to the danger of infection. On slaughtering the animal
it must be strictly seen that no blood is spilt about. Bleeding or other blood
letting operations must not be attempted except by a qualified Veterinary Surgeon,
and then only with the observation of due precautionary measures.
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Those animals which have died from the disease ought to be burnt at
once, or heated up to a temperature of 100 0 Celsius for a sufficiently long time.
If such cannot be done the animals must be buried immediately.
The animals must be transported to the spot where they are to be burnt
or buried, in a light fitting vehicle or sledge, unopened, and well covered in.
The animals must not be opened or dissected at any other place than the
place of burial, or at a spot where complete and perfect cleansing and disinfection
can take place. The hide must not he removed, hair or wool must not
be cut off, neither must any portion of the dead animal be utilized.
Dung, blood, and other offal from the affected or dead animals, shall likewise
be immediately disposed of, either by burning or, burying under observation
of the same precautionary measures as determined in respect to dead animals.
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For burial a place must be selected which lies at least 20 mètres from
any inhabited place, and at least 5 mètres from any raod or watercourse, and
from which the virus cannot by percolation or in any other manner,
be spread about. Burial in marsh land, or sinking the bodies in fresh water
lakes or ponds or in rivers or streams must not take place.
The grave must be of such a depth that the buried animal or offal must
be covered by a close layer of earth of at least 1 mètre in depth. A layer of
unslaked lime ought to be spread over the animals. A ditch of about Vs a
mètre in depth must be digged around the grave in order to recieve the surface
water from it. The grave and the ditch must be carefully fenced in.
No grazing must be permitted over the burial place, and no grass for
fodder removed therefrom, neither may fodder or any other object which could
convey infection be stored thereon.
§ 5 .
Stables, byres, and other places in which an animal suffering from anthrax
has been, and all objects will) which such an animal has been in contact, shall
at once be cleansed and disinfected to the extent ordered by the Veterinary