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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20169, 23 February 1931, Page 20

AUCTIONS. H. MATSOET AND CO. A S REGARDS IMPORTATIONS OS ANIJrL MALS, WE UNDERSTAND that CONCESSIONS REGARDING THE LONGEVITY 07 QUARANTINE HAVE BEEN REDUCED. EVEB SINCE THE VISIT OF THE ENCtT.Tftß FARMERS NO EFFORT HAS BEEN OVERLOOKED IN RESPECT TO BREAKING DOWN THE NEW ZEALAND RESTRICTIONS 80 THAT THEY CAN FIND A MARKET FOR THEIR STOCK. APPARENTLY THE NEW ZEALAND BREEDER IS CLASHING WITH OUR FRIENDS IN THE OLE I WORLD, AS NEW ZEALAND 13 REPORTED TO HAVE SHIPPED FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 31st, 1930: 33SS Sheep. 128 Head of Cattle. 28 Pigs. 9 Horses. WE MAINTAIN THAT THE RISK IS TOO GREAT, AND CAN DO WITHOUT THE IMPORTATION Off BRITISH STOCK QUITE EASILY, WHAT WOULD BECOME Of OUR SHIPMENTS OF FAT LAMBS AND 6TOOK FROM NEW ZEALAND IF WE HAD FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE I YET WE HEAR THAT RESTRICTIONS HAVE BEEN SOMEWHAT TONBC I DOWN THEREBY WEAKENING RE6TMCTIONS THAT HAVE_BEEN SO ADAMANTLY MAINTAINED FOR A CONSIDERABLE ANY CONCESSIONS IN THIS DIRECTION MUST BE 80 DONE AT THE RMK. OF _EVERY LANDHOLDER IN NEW ZEALAND. H. MATSON and CO. FOOT-AND-MOUTH-DISEASE SYMPTOMS. 01 all animal diseases that we have knowledge of, foot-and-mouth disease is believed to be the most infectious. It causes tremendous losses to the agricultural interests of every country it invades. Itspreads very rapidly and extensively, causing tha entire loss of export trade in live animals and the Interruption of domestic commerce. The disease commences with * high fever, followed by inflammation of the membranes of the tongue and those lining the mouth, alio of th# sensitive structures in the hoof. This is quickly followed by iho formation of blisters on these membranes, varying in sixe from that of a pea to Shat of a hazelnut. These bHstera also appear on the udder and along the lop of the hoof, »Iw in the cleft dividing the hoof. They may be present in all these membrane* In the same animal, or may appear only in the mouth, or may be limited to the hoofs. The symptoms sre very characteristic. The irritation of the membranes in the mouth resnlts in less of appetite, and dribbling of saliva from the mouth, which, owing to •tent movement of the lip* and tongue, becones ■ frothy, ind idher#f>to the corners of the mouth and musile. The animals often make a peculiar smacking sound with their mouths. Extreme lameness oceurs when the lesions appear in the cleft and on the top of the hoof. , ' The fever and the difltenliy in eating cause a rapid and extreme loss in flesh, and a sencue lessening or, cessation of the milk secret tion. The udder 6it?n becomes inflamed and ruined •by abscess formation, and a large number of cattle so affected are rendered permanently r valueless - lor milk production. 1 I " , , <*■ ' * The inflammation of the feet frequently remits in the shedding df the hoofs, causing permanent injury. While "this disease is essentially a diaeafe of. cattle, sheep, goats, and. swine, all ruminating animals are susceptt ible. As' all the natural discharges of affected animal* are highly Infective, and as some of them, particularly the saliva, are largely -'fMMMi during the attack, tha disease is i*ea4jly. oonveyeAfcy these media. It Is frequently conveyed from place, to place - by .ttfcSKS SftiWtfS? ' ; / foot-and-mouth disease |*eri» .timi' to „ |ct that the itfai d 6 not 4mm .HHw parfteajaaJj North of France, 1 Bef Mi m but <vm lis mar the prevails gfam, and Holland. OTJB 0 $ RC. SALES, 0V B R 001 P.O. SALE Si OTIS 90 P.O. SALES,