152 A.NMAl, KKl'OUT OF TlIK (MT. Doc. 



ill llic s;;uij;lil(Miiij; piiis williniil ()l)sei\iii<;' llic I'liles and i('*i,iilati()iis 

 (tf iIk' Hoaid in icjiard to tJiis disease. 



Ill ii'^ai-d l(» cat lie iiii|)<H'l('d into tlic State for dairy purposes 

 under llie Act approved May -(», 1S!)7 and amended by tlie Act of 

 April n, IDOr), wliieli makes ii illei^al to import animals for tliis i)nr- 

 pose witliont liavinf>' them tuberculin tested by a veterinarian ap- 

 proved by tlie Slate livestock Sanitary lioard, l)eg to say tliat there 

 V\'ere l-,7-')5 animals inijiorted on permil and tiibercnlin tested at 

 destination of which 5(5 i-eacted and were killed. There were .'5,032 

 (•attle discovered to be shipped without })ermii and afterwards tuber- 

 culin tested at destination. Out of this number, oo reacted and 

 were killed. Tlid number of cattle tuberculin tested previous to 

 shipment into Pennsylvania amounted to 1,28(S, of whicli 5(5 reacted 

 and were not shipjied. The latter number of animals were tested 

 by qualified veterinarians apjn-oved by the authorities having con- 

 trol of the livestock sanitation in the ]-es[)ective states from which 

 these cattle were shipped. 



MISCELLANEOUS DISEASES 



Of the various diseases rei)orted to the Board, many of which are 

 not contagious, I beg to submit the following report: 



One case of gastro intestinal catarrh in sheep occurred in York 

 county. Six sheep in the fiock died and the last report indicated 

 that the remaining 24 animals vv'ere a})parently healthy. 



t)ne case of nasal catan-h was reported in a horse in Indiana 

 county. Inasmuch as this condition is neither contagious or infec- 

 tious it was not investigated. 



One outbreak of abortion in Fayette county. The regular treat- 

 ment was recommended and conditions im])roved. 



Two outbreaks of cowpox were reported from Lehigh and Adams 

 counties. The case in Adams county was treated by the local veter- 

 inarian under the direction of the Board at the owner's expense, 

 and the case in Lehigh county was treated under our direction 

 after having been investigated by one of our agents. 



A case of i)rofuse diarrhoea in a calf was reported from Lehigh 

 country, but as the laboratory specimens did not reveal the same to 

 be of a contagious or infectious nature, the owner was advised to 

 obtain the services of the local veterinarian. 



Two shipments of sheep atfected with footrot were reported from 

 the Pittsburg stockyards and were allowed to proceed to their desti- 

 nation for immediate slaughter under the conditions that the cars, 

 pens, stalls, etc., occupied by the atfected animals would be im- 

 mediately and thoroughly cleaned and disinfected. 



There was a report of an outbreak of distemj)er among horses in 

 Franklin county, and it was investigated to ])rove conclusively that 

 none of these horses were suffering from glanders. After this was 

 done the animals were treated by the local veterinarian. 



Three instances of supjKised outbi-eaks of foot-and -mouth disease 

 were rei)orted from Philadeljjhia county, Cumberland and Lancaster 

 counties, though after a careful investigaticm it was i)roven that this 

 disease did not exist. 



