BUREAU OP ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 



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Accordingly, these cattle, upon arrival at Porto Rico, were treated as 

 imported cattle. 



The following tables show the importations of the various kinds 

 of live stock through the different ports of entry: 



Imported animals inspected hut not quarantined. 



Inspectors of the bureau also inspected and held in quarantine for 

 the Bureau of Biological Survey 6,177 live quail imported from 

 Mexico for breeding purposes. 



The bureau has continued to maintain an inspector in Great 

 Britain, and during the year there were tested with tuberculin under 

 his supervision in the United Kingdom 920 cattle for importation into 

 the United States. There were also tested after arrival at the quar- 

 antine stations in this country 133 cattle, of whifh number 4 reacted 

 to the test. This work is shown in the following table : 



Results of tuberculin tests of cattle for importation into the United States. 



Aberdeen- Angus . 



Ayrshire 



Guernsey 



W olstem-Friosian . 



Jersey 



Shorthorn 



Total. 



Breed. 



Tested in Great 

 Britain. 



Tested. Failed 



445 



3 



212 



256 



920 



21 



22 



Tested in 

 quarantine. 



Tested. Failed. 



33 

 73 



6 

 21 



133 



Through the courtesy of the Governments of Argentina, Uruguay, 

 Brazil, and Paraguay, a veterinary inspector of the bureau spent the 

 greater part of the last two years in those countries investigating 



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