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culosis of the udder, or an emaciated state, must be slaughtered 

 as soou as possible. 



New-born calves must be kept away from reacting animals, and 

 newly bought animals must be tested. 



Canada. 



Canada has a strict quarantine against all countries, and all 

 cattle entering Canada must be subjected to the tuberculin test. 

 On application from the owner, the government provides veteri- 

 nary services and tuberculin free. 



Quebec. — In the Province of Quebec, the provincial board of 

 health has power to frame regulations for each municipality relat- 

 ing to their milk supply ; the present regulations apply principally 

 to the sanitary condition of barns and stables. 



Ontario. — In Ontario, power is given the municipal authority 

 to establish public slaughter houses and to examine barns or byres 

 where cows are kept ; every cow inay be tested and dealt with 

 according to the rules and regulations of the provincial board of 

 health ; that is to say, if tested, the animals reacting and showing 

 physical evidence of disease should be dried and fatted for beef as 

 speedily as possible. 



Manitoba. — In the city of Winnipeg, the only city of any size 

 in Manitoba, the regulatious dealing with this subject are very 

 strict; they provide for the licensing and inspection of dairies, 

 and they provide for the inspection of both the barns and the 

 cattle. The inspector is given power to use tuberculin, and no 

 milk from any cow reacting to tuberculin is allowed in the market. 



In Canada the percentage of disease is probably slight. By the 

 order of the chief inspector a few years ago care was taken to 

 notice the evidence of tuberculosis in the organs of animals 

 slaughtered in slaughter houses. The percentage of tuberculosis 

 in lungs examined at Quebec, Halifax and St. John was 2, 2£ and 

 2 per cent, respectively. 



Australia. 



Victoria. — In Victoria there is only a small percentage of 

 tuberculosis, and, through the constant supervision of inspectors, 

 it is steadily decreasing. As far back as 1883 the government 

 appointed a board of experts to advise on this matter, and to 

 inquire into the existence and extent of tuberculosis in the 

 colony, and what preventive measures should be adopted. 



The recommendations of that board have largely been carried 

 out. Tuberculosis is included in the list of contagious diseases. 



