SWINE FEVER.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 116, 19 May 1933, Page 3

SWINE FEVER.

IMMUNITY OF HUMAN BEINGS. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) WELLINGTON, Thursday. In connection with the recent outbreak of swine fever in the. Wellington district, it is stated that published reports liave caused a falling off in the sales of pork and bacon. * "There seems to be a teeling abroad,, said Dr. C. J. Reakes, Director of Agriculture, "that there is a risk regarding pork or bacon, because of the outbreak, but people may rest assured that swine fever is absolutely incapable of injuring human beings in any way. It is, perhaps, needless to say that t loll ® ot the pigs being slaughtered because they were in contact with affected pigs will be used for food, and no pigs are allowed to off these farms alive. It lias been suggested that burning would be a better and safer method ot disposal of the carcases than burying, but Departmental officials state that it is unnecessary and more costly ana troublesome. . ~ „ A full statement of the facts relating to the disease is being prepared by the Department of Agriculture. PIGS FROM CANADA. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Thursday. The Gazette announces that clause six of the regulations m the Stock Act, 1908, governing the importation ot swine from Canada, is revoked, and the following is substituted:— "Upon arrival in New Zealand, swine shall undergo at the quarantine ground a period of 30 days' quarantine and the fees therefor, for transport and sustenance, shall be the same as those provided for swine in the principal regulations."