No. 6. DEPAliT.MKXT OF AGHK'l'l/l'l Ki; 



KEPORT OF STATE VETEKINARIAN AND STATE LIVE 

 STOCK SANITARY BOARD FOR 10U AND 1915 



Harrisburg, Pa., January 1, 1916. 



Owing to the extensive outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease that 

 occurred in the fall of 1914 and continued up through the first part 

 of the following year, it was not possible to get out the report for 



1914, or to divide the report of the work done on foot-and-mouth 

 disease during the two years. It was, therefore, considered advis- 

 able to combine the two reports for 1914 and 1915. 



There have been some cliauges in the Board during the time. Ex- 

 Governor John K. Tener was President of the Board up to January, 



1915. At that time he was succeeded by Governor Martin G. 

 Brumbaugh. Former Secretary of Agriculture, Hon. N. B. Critch- 

 field, was a member of the Board up to October 15, 1915, wdien he 

 was succeeded by Hon. Charles E. Patton. The latter was elected 

 Vice-President of the Board on December 15, 1915. 



The work was handled as in other years under six divisions, as 

 follows: Meat Hygiene, Horse Breeding and Management of Farm. 

 Transmissible Diseases, Laboratory and Investigation, Milk Hygiene, 

 Auditing. 



T. E. Munce, Deputy State Veterinarian, directed the work of 

 Meat Hygiene up to August, 1915. At that time S. E. Bruner was 

 given charge of this work and tuberculin testing. 



Horse Breeding and Management of the State Farm was in charge 

 of Carl W. Gay. It was necessary during the year to dispose of the 

 herd of reacting cattle that had been kept under investigation for 

 several years. Most of the work at the farm was for the purpose of 

 producing hog cholera serum to be used in the State. 



R. M. Staley had charge of tlie work of handling transmissible 

 diseases. There was no change in reference to this w^ork witli the 

 exception of that made necessary to control the unusual outbreak of 

 foot-and-moutli disease. 



J. B. Hardenbergh continued in chai'ge of tlie Laboratory, and, 

 as in previous years, his work was devoted ]trincipally to ju'ejjaring 

 such biological products as tuberculin, mallein, anthrax vaccine, 

 etc., also in laboratory investigations of such diseases as rabies, 

 glanders, abortion and many others in whicli it was difficult and im- 

 possible to make a diagnosis in the field. 



