SALE OF LICE-INFESTED SHEEP.
In his annual report for 1927-28 the Director of the Live-stock Division, Mr. J. Lyons, M.R.C.V.S., deals with this matter as follows : “ During the past season there has been an increase in the number of sheep exposed for sale affected with lice. This was more particularly in the North Island, and far too' many prosecutions had to be taken. No doubt the dry season and the consequent shortage of water was to some extent accountable for this. Still, it would appear that the dipping had been carried out in a more or less perfunctory manner, and was done more to comply -with the Act than to rid the flocks of these parasites. If the practice of exposing lousy sheep for sale is to be stoppedand it is my intention to see that this is done —more stringent measures will have to be taken. The ordinary prosecution does not seem sufficient to stop the practice. In future it is intended to stop the sale of all lice-infested sheep, to be followed by a prosecution, and in the case of second or subsequent offences a heavy penalty will be asked for.”
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5, 20 November 1928, Page 316
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