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Tuberculosis Order of 1925.
REPORT OF VETERINARY SURGEON
FOR 1926.
The above Order provides for the elimination of any
bovine animal which is suffering with tuberculosis in such a
manner that the milk supply is rendered dangerous, or that
tubercle bacilli are being liberated to such a degree that the
animal is a source of danger to other cattle.
To this end certain types of the disease are classified.
Should an animal come within such a class, it must be destroyed
and the owner compensated.
Post mortem examinations are held, and the amount of
compensation (25% or 75% of the market value of the animal)
is assessed acording to the degree of the advancement of the
disease.
75% of the expenses incurred by the Local Authority in
carrying out the Order are recoverable from the Ministry of
Agriculture and Fisheries.
During the past year twenty-seven animals were examined,
and two cows from cowsheds in this area were slaughtered
under the Order, £21 15s. 0d. being paid as compensation.
One case was reported by the owner, but the other case
was discovered as a result of the routine inspection of cattle
under the Milk and Dairies Order, 1926.
The Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act 1915.
The Milk and Dairies Order 1926.
The Contagious Diseases of Animals Act 1878.
The Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Orders of
1885, 1886 and 1889.
REPORT OF THE VETERINARY SURGEON
FOR THE YEAR 1926.
The cattle, cowsheds and dairies were visited and inspected
until the 30th September last, under powers conferred
by the Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Orders of 1885, 1886
and 1889. The Inspections since the 1st October last, however,
have been conducted under the Milk and Dairies Order
1926, which revoked the Orders of 1885, 1886 and 1889.
The new Order is more exacting, in many respects, in its
requirements than the old Orders, particularly in regard to
such matters as methods of production and general cleanliness,
and although some of its provisions do not come into operation
until the 1st April, 1927, and others are postponed until