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Canadian Government officials, State officials, or transportation com- 

 panies, 47,308 cars were cleaned and disinfected under bureau super- 

 vision. 



All ruminants and swine received at public stockyards were care- 

 fully inspected for foot-and-mouth disease by experienced veterina- 

 rians specially assigned to that work, as has been the practice for a 

 number of years, in order that there might be no delay in the control 

 and eradication of the disease should an outbreak occur. No cases 

 were detected. 



ENFORCEMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND QUARANTINE LAWS. 



The bureau has continued to report to the Solicitor of the depart- 

 ment, for presentation to the Attorney General for prosecution, cases 

 of apparent violations of livestock transportation and quarantine 

 laws. The enforcement of the so-called 28-hour law (prohibiting the 

 confinement of animals in cars, etc., longer than 28 hours without 

 feed, water, and rest) has resulted in the provision by transporta- 

 tion companies of better facilities for the feeding, watering, and 

 resting of livestock in transit. Many cases under these laws have 

 required special investigation on the part of bureau employees, such 

 as interviewing witnesses and examining railroad and other records 

 for the completion of evidence. Four bureau employees were regu- 

 larly assigned to this service, although the greater part of the work 

 of collecting evidence and preparing and submitting reports is done 

 by bureau employees at stockyard centers in connection with their 

 other duties. 



INSPECTION AND QUARANTINE OF IMPORTED ANIMALS. 



Throughout the year every possible care was taken to prevent the 

 introduction of disease into the United States through the importa- 

 tion of livestock from foreign countries, and there has been strict 

 adherence to the rule against permitting importations of cattle, 

 sheep, goats, or swine from countries in which foot-and-mouth dis- 

 ease or other serious diseases of livestock exist. As England experi- 

 enced repeated outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease during the year, 

 no ruminants or swine were permitted importation from that coun- 

 try. Cattle, sheep, and swine originating in Scotland were permitted 

 to come forward direct from Scottish ports, and the importation of 

 cattle from the Channel Islands was permitted on condition that they 

 be shipped without landing in England, until June 26, when an out- 

 break of foot-and-mouth disease on the island of Jersey made it 

 necessary to discontinue the issuance of permits and to cancel those 

 outstanding on that date. 



Revised regulations, which became effective May 1, removed re- 

 strictions upon foxes imported for breeding purposes and modified 

 requirements for dogs, limiting inspection and quarantine to dogs 

 intended for use in the handling of sheep or other livestock. The 

 regulations were otherwise strengthened in order to guard more ade- 

 quately against the introduction of serious diseases prevalent in many 

 parts of both the eastern and western hemispheres. 



The following tables show importations of various kinds of live- 

 stock through the different ports of entry : 



