344 ANNUAL KEPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



POST-MOKTEM INSPECTIONS. 



The post-mortem inspections for the fiscal year 1912 show an 

 increase of 11.1 per cent over the fi.scal year 1911. All species show 

 an increase in tlie number slaughtered except cattle, which show a 

 slight decrease. The number of swine slaughtered was over 5,000,000 

 more than in 1911, an increase of nearly 17 per cent, and an increase 

 of 9 per cent over the average for the five years preceding. 



Post-mortem inspections, fiscal year J912. 



In the foregoing table are included the post-mortem inspections of 

 the carcasses of animals " suspected " on ante-mortem inspection, the 

 final inspections of carcasses that were " retained " ^ at the time of 

 slaughter, and the carcasses of animals slaughtered without ante- 

 mortem inspection and presented to official establishments with the 

 head and viscera attached. 



The various diseases and conditions for which fresh carcasses and 

 parts were condemned and tanked are shown in the following table : 



Diseases and conditions for which condemnations were made on post-mortem 



inspection, fiscal year 1912. 



I This term is applied to carcasses held on suspicion on first post-mortem examination 

 to be subjected later to more thorough examination for determining final disposition. 



