Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act 1892

The Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c. 47) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed by Lord Salisbury's Conservative government.

Local authorities were not making sufficient use of powers to combat animal diseases so the Act introduced central control over the slaughter of infected animals and the payment of compensation.^[1]

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^ F. Brown, 'Review Lecture: Foot-And-Mouth Disease -- One of the Remaining Great Plagues', Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences Vol. 229, No. 1256 (Dec. 22, 1986). p. 217.

[1] F. Brown, 'Review Lecture: Foot-And-Mouth Disease -- One of the Remaining Great Plagues', Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences Vol. 229, No. 1256 (Dec. 22, 1986). p. 217.

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