Vaccination against Eastern-western Equine Encephalitis (EEE-WEE) i? 

 not mandatory, but all horse owners are annually urged to have their animals 

 vaccinated since protection is considered close to 100 percent. This disease 

 also attacks humans though it cannot be contracted directly from an equine. 



As a largely consumer device, the licensing program for horseback riding 

 instructors enrolled slightly over 750 in the 1980 fiscal year. Just over 

 200 riding schools or stables were also licensed. 



The program to test pulling animals (horses, ponies, oxen) at fairs for 

 the presence of drugs and stimulants continued and has been very well received 

 by fair-goers and exhibitors alike. 



PET SHOP LICENSING PROGRAM 



The licensing of pet shops is primarily a disease-control measure for 

 which we were amply rewarded during a recent outbreak of Velogenic 

 Viscerotropic Newcastle Disease (WND) in this country. Brought here by 

 imported birds, usually parrots, this disease has the capability of wiping 

 out the domestic poultry industry, should it find its way there. The record- 

 keeping required by our pet shop licensing allowed almost instant traceback 

 and test work, both of which confirmed that there had been no outbreak of 

 the disease itself in Massachusetts. 



POULTRY PROGRAMS 



With the transfer of the Division of Poultry to the Division of Animal 

 Health for the 1980 fiscal year supervisory and disease-control programs 

 continued. 185 Shell Egg Inspection visits were made as part of a cooperative 

 agreement made with the United States Department of Agriculture. 72 truckload 

 inspections of frozen poultry were made under a similar agreement. Inspectors 

 made just under 4000 store visits, to check for poultry law violations and to 

 confirm the agreements under which twelve firms display the "Massachusetts 

 Grown and Fresher" logo. Twenty-one fairs were inspected and more than 

 115,000 individual blood tests were made. 



RABIES CONTROL 



Under this program we initiate the quarantining of any animal which has 

 bitten a person. 6959 cases were either quarantined or further investigated. 



CONCLUSION 



Our success has been aided in no small way by the extremely high degree 

 of cooperation given to our personnel and our programs by both farmers and 

 producers. We are grateful for this, as well as for continuing help of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture, the Massachusetts Society for the 

 Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the University of Massachusetts and the 

 Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation. 



The Division of Animal Health's budget for the fiscal year 1980 was $452,590> 

 which included funding of the Division of Poultry Program. 



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