BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 



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mfinner to any contae^ioiis disease for six months prior to the date of 

 shipment ; also that they were shipped in clean and disinfected cars 

 and vessels direct from the fai-in where purchased. 



Previous to the past year horses were admitted from any part of 

 the world on passins; a satisfactory examination at the port of entry, 

 but under date of April 29, 1912, an order of the Secretary became 

 effective, which requires certificates and affidavits for horses practi- 

 cally the same as those required for ruminants and swine, except that 

 the communicable diseases scheduled are more particularly those 

 which chiefly affect horses, principally dourine. 



Hay, strawy or foraije which accompanies shipments of horses from 

 any country on the Continent of Europe is not allowed to be landed 

 until it has been disinfected as the inspector of the Bureau of Animal 

 Industry may prescribe. 



Owin^ to the existence of communicable diseases of animals among 

 live stock in various parts of the world, importations of cattle, sheep, 

 and other ruminants and swine from over seas have been mainly 

 restricted to Great Britain, Ireland, and the Channel Islands, and 

 during a portion of the year importations from the United Kingdom 

 have not been permitted on account of the recurrence of foot-and- 

 mouth disease in England. The animals imported during the fiscal 

 year are shown in detail by the following tables: 



Number of imported animals inspected and quarantined, fiscal year 1912. 



Port of entry. 



New York 



Boston 



Baltimore 



Canadian border ports 



Total 



Cattle. 



2,054 



265 



15 



120 



2,4'A 



Sheep. 



677 



204 



S81 



Swine. 



2 

 29 



S4 



Other 

 animals. 



169 



173 



Number of imported animals inspected but not quarantined, fiscal year 1912. 



TUBERCULIN TESTS IN GREAT BRITAIN. 



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 



