No. 4.] REPORT OF CATTLE BUREAU. 



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up of horses in stables where all the animals have been 

 tested with mallein. In the tables given below only the 

 horses that have been killed or that have died, or else have 

 been reported by the local inspectors, veterinarians and ren- 

 dcrers, are included in the first table, while in the second 

 table the work done with mallein is given separately. 



The work done with mallein has entailed an immense 

 amount of labor upon the agents of the Cattle Bureau, as it 

 has been necessary to keep track of all reacting animals, 

 and retest them at intervals of a month until they ceased to 

 react or showed physical symptoms of the disease and were 

 killed. In some instances animals have been tested five or 

 six times before a final disposition of them could be made. 



The following table gives the number of cases or suspected 

 cases of glanders or farcy that have occurred in 1904, in 

 comparison with 1903. The report for the latter year 

 includes everything, while in the report for 1904 the mal- 

 lein tests are given in a separate table. 



