No. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



149 



ANTHRAX 



County 



Kuiuber of Animals Dead 



to 



S a 



Berks, 



Bradford. 



Bucks , 



Chester, 



Elk, 



Erie, _- 



Jefferson, .- 

 Lancaster, .. 



McKean, 



Montgomery 



Potter, 



Sullivan, ._ 

 Susquehanna 



Tioga, 



Warren, .-. 



21 

 2 



17 

 5 

 1 



18 



10 



6 



60 



12 



BLACKLEG 



This disease is Icnown as blackleg av Idackqiiartei' and lias aj*- 

 peared in a nninber of comities tliroiigliout the State, representing 

 136 herds. All lejiorts of onthreaks coming to the office of the State 

 Livestock Sanitary JJoard were given early attention and animals 

 not afflicted with the disease in said herds were vaccinated. Before 

 the vaccination could be api)lied, 88 animals died, though only four 

 animals died follov.Mng the vaccination, which can be exjdained by 

 the fact that the disease may have progressed to such an extent 

 l)rior to the introduction of the vaccine that it was not capable of 

 giving sufficient immunity to withstand or check the disease. The; 

 retarding of this disease is due largely to early vaccination, and 

 after the j)laces Avhere the disease is most likely to occur or has 

 occurred have been located. A careful oversight of these localities 

 is maintained and vaccination is aj)plied in advance of the pasturing 

 season. 



The following table will give a synopsis of the distri'mtion of 1he 

 disease and the work done in retarding the same: 



