226 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



RCAniES IN CATTLE. 



Tlio area quarantinoil foi s-aMcs in cattle was reduced during; the 

 fiscal year by relcasiiis: 14,810 square miles, consistino; of two counties 

 in South Dakota, ci^ht counties and a part of one other county in 

 Nebraska, and live counties in Kansas. 



The number of inspections made during the year was 18,553,251, a 

 slicjht increase over the previous year. The number of dippings suj)er- 

 vised was 1,234,123, a decrease of 7.68 per cent, and 5,761 cars were 

 cleaned and disinfected. 



SCABIES IN HORSES. 



The number of horses and mules inspected for so«bies during the 

 fiscal year was 3,550 and the number dipped was 124, a decrease of 

 69.8 per cent in the number inspected and of 89.8 per cent in the num- 

 ber clipped. 



GLANDERS IN HORSES. 



There were inspected for glanders at Indian schools and agencies 

 62,088 horses ana mules, of which 68 were found to be diseased and 

 252 exposed to the disease. This is an increase of 220 per cent over 

 the number inspected in 1910. This work was done in cooperation 

 with the Office of Indian Afl'airs of the Department of the Interior. 



LIP-AND-LEG ULCERATION OF SHEEP. 



The area under quarantine for hp-and-leg ulceration (necrobacil- 

 losis) among sheep was reduced by 34,086 square miles during the 

 fiscal year, leaving only 22,175 square miles still in quarantine on 

 June 30, and this entire area has since been released (Aug. 10, 1911). 

 The number of inspections during the year for this disease was 

 6,459,790. The number of sheep dipped and hand treated in com- 

 pHance with the regulations was 1,102,516. 



INSPECTION OF LIVE STOCK FOR INTERSTATE MOVEMENT. 



The work of inspecting and testing with tuberculin cattle for inter- 

 state movement was assigned to the Inspection Division at the begin- 

 ning of the fiscal 3^ear, and veterinarians at numerous stations were 

 instructed to inspect and test with tuberculin, when such testing was 

 required by the laws of the State or Territory to which the animals 

 were destined, cattle moving interstate for purposes other than imme- 

 diate slaughter. During the fiscal year such inspection was made of 

 52,230 animals, of which 18,778 were tested with tuberculin. Of 

 those tested, 467 were found to be diseased with tuberculosis and 81 

 show^ed temperatures which required them to be held as suspects for 

 further examination. 



During the fiscal year there were also inspected by bureau veteri- 

 narians 34,789 horses and mules intended tor interstate movement. 

 Of this number 5,789 animals were tested with mallein, 175 showed 

 typical reactions to the test, and 174 were held as suspicious and 

 refused interstate certificates until further investigation could be 

 made. 



VIOLATIONS OF LIVE-STOCK TRANSPORTATION LAWS. 



During the fiscal 3^ear a large number of reports of alleged viola- 

 tions of laws concerning the interstate transportation of live stock 

 were submitted by bureau employees, and 969 such cases (793 of 



