ANTHRAX IN ENGLAND
STATEMENT BY NEW ZEALAND OFFICIAL.
RABBIT IDEA SCOUTED
WELLINGTON, Thursdav
Regarding the en hie from London published yesterday, in which the sug-
gestion wn> made that ;i hutcher at Mitcham died through contracting anthrax as the result ot handling New Zealand rahhit the officers of the Agricultural Department scout the idea. Tluv declare that there lias hoen
no anthrax in the country sine,. l!iu.">. when the importing ol uiisterilised manures wa.s -topped. Although ol ;i virulent and highly contagious nature, the disease has never heen known to exist in rahhits or rahhit shins.
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Waikato Times, Volume 84, Issue 13067, 7 January 1915, Page 5
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96ANTHRAX IN ENGLAND Waikato Times, Volume 84, Issue 13067, 7 January 1915, Page 5
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