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APPENDIX. 



FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



Germany. 



In Germany, sanitary measures, more especially in regard to 

 meat inspection, are vei'y thoroughly carried out. 



In Bavaria, owing to the losses sustained by cattle owners by 

 the spread of tuberculosis the government, proposes to manufact- 

 ure and supply tuberculin to veterinai'y surgeons at cost price. 

 After testing, the healthy animals should be separated from the 

 others, the diseased animals gradually got rid of, and the cow 

 sheds occupied by them disinfected. The result of the test must 

 be forwarded to the government. 



A repetition of the test must not be undertaken except after 

 a lapse of from fourteen to twenty days. Results are classified 

 as follows : — 



1 . Animals that have not reacted, and do not show any other 

 sign of disease, shall be isolated from the suspected auimals. 



■_'. Animals which have given a doubtful reaction, or which 

 show, in spite of their yielding negative results to the test, signs 

 of tuberculosis, are to be regarded as being suspected of tuber- 

 culosis, and it is recommended that they be further watched and 

 subjected to a later test. 



3. Animals that have shown a decided reaction. These last 

 can be further subdivided into (a) those presenting no other 

 symptoms of disease except reaction (&) those having in addi- 

 tion clinical symptoms. 



The, Jotter are undoubtedly the most dangerous jiortion of the stock, and 

 are the chief source of danger in the further spread of the disease. 



It is highly desirable, therefore, for the owner to separate 

 them at once from the other animals, and get rid of them as 

 soon as possible. 



To reject the animals falling under (a), which are in a good 

 6tate of nutrition, is impracticable, especially on large farms, and 

 unnecessary. Efforts must be made, therefore, to rear them and 



