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The Psittacosis or Ornithosis Order 1953

Westlaw

King's Printer of Acts of Parliament

2011-04-05

POULTRY

This Order extends the definition of the expression “disease” for the purposes of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1950, to include the disease known as “psittacosis” or “ornithosis”. The Order also provides for the detention and isolation of birds affected, or suspected of being affected, with this disease, and for the cleansing and disinfection of premises and utensils used for such birds.