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remarkable fact (mentioned in the Report of the Chief 

 Veterinary Officer of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries) 

 that among the animals slaughtered under the Order in conse- 

 quence of a reaction to mallein, in 1911 there was only one in 

 which the post-mortem examination failed to reveal the lesions 

 of glanders. 



The results obtained during the past year are in one respect 

 disappointing, for there has been only a slight falling off in the 

 number of outbreaks as compared with the previous year, 

 although there has been a marked reduction in the number of 

 horses attacked. It was, however, foreseen that the reduction 

 in the number of outbreaks which the Glanders Order brought 

 about between 1908 and 1911 was not certain to be continued 

 at the same rate until the end. The measures now in force 

 have been proved absolutely efficient for stamping out glanders 

 in any stud of horses, but these measures can only be enforced 

 where the existence of the disease is known or suspected, and 

 it is here that prompt notification by owners becomes important. 

 The intentional concealment of a case of glanders, and especially 

 the sale of a suspected horse, may sow the seeds of the disease 

 widely before the danger comes to the knowledge of the local 

 authority, and thus considerably delay the final extermination. 

 There is, how^ever, no reason to fear any serious recrudescence 

 of glanders or to doubt that it will before long be stamped out. 



Swine Fever. 



The following Table shows the number of reported out- 

 breaks of this disease during each of the last six years : — 



Year Outbreaks 



1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1910 

 1911 

 1912 



2,336 

 2,067 

 1,650 

 1.598 

 2,466 

 2,920 



These figures show that swine fever was more prevalent 

 last year than it was six years ago, and, indeed, the past year 

 was in this respect the worst since the beginning of the 

 century. The fact is the more to be regretted because since 

 October, 1911, the methods of dealing with the disease have 

 been strengthened in several particulars, in conformity with 

 recommendations made in the Interim Report of the Depart- 

 mental Committee which was appointed in 1910 to inquire 

 into the cause of the continued prevalence of the disease. The 

 present position is also entirely unsatisfactory inasmuch as it 

 would appear that since the disease has been dealt with directly 

 by the Central authority no reduction in its prevalence has 

 taken place. The last complete year in which swine fever 



