Diseases of Animals Act
The Diseases of Animals Act is a series of acts of Parliament of the UK to deal with the possibility of the accrual of economic harm or intra-species contamination. It follows on from the 19th-century series notation Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act. The Act of 1884 was designed to combat "heavy losses" due to cattle diseases such as rinderpest, contagious bovine pleuropneumonia and foot-and-mouth disease (FMD).[1] The series was consolidated by the Act of 1950.[2] The Act of 1950 authorised the Ministry[clarification needed], when all other avenues of tuberculin prevention failed, to cull badgers,[3] and to halt the transportation of cattle from herds prone to FMD.[4] Apparently the definition of poultry needed to be extended in 1953, to include birds of the species psittaciformes, doves, peafowl and swans.[5] The series was stopped and continued by the Animal Health Act 1981.[6][7]
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- ^ Rushton, Jonathan (2009). The Economics of Animal Health and Production. ISBN 9781845932442.
- ^ "Diseases of Animals Act 1950: consolidation of Diseases of Animals Acts 1894-1937". The National Archives.
- ^ Zuckerman, Baron Solly Zuckerman; Walker, Peter Edward (1980-11-03). Badgers, cattle and tuberculosis: Report to the Right Honourable Peter Walker, MBE, MP. ISBN 9780112403555.
- ^ Reynolds, L. A.; Wellcome Trust (London, England). Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL (2003-12-08). Foot and mouth disease: The 1967 outbreak and its aftermath. ISBN 9780854840960.
- ^ "The Diseases of Animals (Extension of Definition of Poultry) Order 1953". legislation.gov.uk.
- ^ Jukes, D. J. (2013-09-11). Food Legislation of the UK: A Concise Guide. ISBN 9781483182636.
- ^ Boden, Edward; Andrews, Anthony (2015-03-26). Black's Veterinary Dictionary. ISBN 9781408149553.
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