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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



Off. Doc. 



GLANDERS 



Glanders ai)i)eaii'(l in Iwenlv-ono comilies oi' the State. There 

 were G4 eases of snpjxised oi- suspected j»]an(]eis reported to tlie 

 l*>oard. Our i-ecords show that 05 stables were examined, inehidinj? 

 712 horses, all ol" \\lii(h were subjected to a i)hysiciil exauiination. 

 1 here were ."5") animals condenuied on this examinatiou. In each 

 instance where a supposed case of ghmders is reported, all horses 

 that liave come in direct contact with the suspected animal are 

 of course subjected to a careful ]>hysical exauiination ,and while 

 the nund)er of horses examined in this way have not always been 

 noted by the veterinarian assigned to these cases, undoiUitedly a 

 great number of horses, of which we have no record, have been 

 subjected to a careful ])hysical exauiination. IMiiladelphia and 

 Luzerne counties have had the largest nuuiber of cases. Suspected 

 outlireaks have been rei»orted in twenty-one counties, but upon 

 careful investigation it was found that seven of the reports were 

 not well founded and the disease did not exist. 



The following table Avill illustrate the distri))ution of the disease 

 throughout the State as well as the number" of cases appearing in 

 the various counties. Jt will also give an synopsis of the work 

 done npon this disease: 



GLANDERS 



County 



83 



a 



a 



03 



as 



Allegheny, _. 



Berks, 



Bucks, 



Cumberland, 



Erie, 



Fayette 



Jefferson, -.. 

 Lancaster, _. 



rehigli 



Luzerne, 



Monroe - 



Montgomery, 



Northampton, 



Philadelphia, 



Potter, 



Schuylkill, ... 

 Susquehanna, 



Tioga, 



Washington, 

 Wyoming, _. 

 York, 



HOG CHOLERA 



The disease — hog cholera — was for many years a terror to hog 

 raisers. However, since the discovery of a serum for the prevention 

 of the disease by Dorset of the Bureau of Animal Industry, it has 



