228 



ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



For sliipinont to Canada there were also tested with tuberculin 460 

 cattle, of which 16 reacted; and inspections were made of 28,428 sheep, 

 25 floats, and 1 10 swine. 



For shipment to the Hawaiian Islands there were tested with tuber- 

 culin 93 cattle, of which 5 reacted, and the mallein test was applied 

 to 555 horses and 466 mules, of which 23 horses and 16 mules reacted. 



lieacting animals were excluded from exportation. 



INSPECTION AND QUARANTINE OF IMPORTED ANIMALS. 



Owing to the existence of communicable diseases of animals among 

 the live stock of various parts of the world, importations from over 

 seas have been mainly restricted to Great Britain, Ireland, and the 

 C/hamiel Islands, and during a portion of the fiscal year importations 

 from Great Britain were not permitted on account of an outbreak of 

 foot-and-mouth disease. It is required that a permit be procured 

 from the Secretary of Agriculture prior to the shipment from countries 

 other than North America of cattle, sheep, and other ruminants and 

 swine for their landing subject to inspection and for their detention 

 in quarantine at one of the Federal quarantme stations at the port 

 of entry. Ho -ses are admitted subject to inspection and without 

 quarantine. Dogs imported from any part of the world except North 

 America are subject to inspection or inspection and quarantine for a 

 period not to exceed two weeks or until it can be determined whether 

 such dogs are the hosts of the tapeworm ( Tsenia ccenurus) which pro- 

 duces gid in sheep. The number of animals imported during the fiscal 

 year is shown in detail by the following tables: 



Number of imported animals inspected and quarantined, fiscal year 1911. 



TUBERCULIN TESTS IN GREAT BRITAIN. 



The regulations governing the importation of animals subject to 

 inspection and quarantine provide that all cattle 6 months old or 

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



