250 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



yumber of imported animals inspected and quarantined, fiscal year IDIO. 



'Number of imported animals inspected but not quarantined, fiscal year 1910. 



TESTS IN GREAT BRITAIN AND CANADA. 



The regulations governing the importation of animals subject 

 to inspection and quarantine provide that all cattle G months old or 

 over imported from Great Britain, Ireland, and the Channel Islands 

 shall be tested with tuberculin by an inspector of the Bureau of Ani- 

 mal Industry before being exported or after arrival at the animal 

 quarantine station at the port of entry. The following table shows 

 the results of such tests made in Great Britain during the fiscal year : 



Results of tuberculin tests in Great Britain of cattle for importation, fiscal 



year ID 10. 



Breed. 



Passed. 



Aberdeen- Angus . 



Ayrshire 



Dexter-Kerry 



Guernsey 



Jersey 



6 



116 



42 



a 842 

 872 



Failed. 





 45 





 12 



7 



Breed. 



Red Polled. 

 Shorthorn . . 



Total. 



Passed. 



13 

 38 



Failed. 





 10 



1,929 



74 



a Thirty-eight of these were for shipment to the United States via Canada. 



During the fiscal year 723 cattle were tested with tuberculin for 

 importation from Canada into the United States, 13 of which reacted 

 and were rejected. Of 163 horses tested with mallein, 3 reacted. Two 

 mules were likewise tested with mallein and were admitted. 



PREVALENCE AND ERADICATION OF BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS. 



The investigations made during the fiscal year 1909 concerning the 

 prevalence and extent of bovine tuberculosis were so well supported 

 by the States that it was deemed advisable to extend them during the 



