FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 1 June 1928, Page 6

FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE.

MORE PRECAUTIONS ADVOCATED

I.BY TELEGRAPH PRESS ABSOCI \TtON. j WELLINGTON, Mav hi The prevalence of foot and mouth disease in England was discussed to-cay • Royal A. and P. Society, tie ■ allowing remit coining before the delegates: ‘‘That as foot ar.d mouth disease is rampant tbrouguouit the Homeland,, very serious consideration tsihouldi he given to the quesitaou of a,’.— lowing any animal into the Dominion rram England until the diesaae is stamped out there, quarantine regulate! ns being an insufficient guarantee' of immunity.” In moving the remit, Mr McGregor i contended that the best way to maintain immunity wa.s to prohibit the im-' portation of animals, dead or alive. Mr Perry thought, that a greater risk ,waisi being run from clothes and packing; than from bringing out shock under the very careful condition set out by the Board of Agriculture. Dr. Rankes .said that no straw or packing was a Bowed to come into, the country unless it was sterilised at the other end before Being used. The remit was adopted after being amended to ajeud: “Very serious consideration be given to the question of if. 1.1 owin fr any animals into the Dominion from countries where the disease is prevalent.”