BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 



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Ante-mortem inspection of animals. 



1 This term is used to designate animals found or suspected of being unfit for food on ante-mortem inspec- 

 tion, most of which are afterwards slaughtered under special supervision, the final disposal being deter- 

 mined on post-mortem inspection. 



» For additional condemnations see succeeding tables. 



The post-mortem inspections show an increase of 7 per cent over 

 those of the fiscal year 1915 and an increase of 13.4 per cent over the 

 average for the preceding nine years. While there was a decrease of 

 nearly a million in the number of sheep, there was an increase in all 

 other species, amounting in swine to 11.3 per cent over 1915, which 

 was the largest previous swine-slaughtering year since Federal in- 

 spection was begun. 



Post-mortem inspection of animals. 



The next two tables show the diseases and conditions for which 

 condemnations were made. 



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



inspection. 



