BUKEAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 



Importation of Mexican animals, fiscal year 1901. 



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Through ports on the seacoast animals not subject to quarantine 

 were imported as follows: 



There were also 1 deer imported from Manila through San Fran- 

 cisco and 6 sheep from Canada through Boston. 



A report of the animals imported and quarantined at different sta- 

 tions will be found under the head "Miscellaneous division." 



CONTROL OF CONTAGIOUS DISEASES. 



Southern cattle inspection. — The supervision of the movement of 

 cattle from the area quarantined on account of Southern, or Texas, or 

 splenetic, fever of cattle, due to the presence of the tick {Boophilus 

 annalatus, formerly called Boophilus bovis), which carries the infec- 

 tion, involved the proper yarding in the quarantine divisions of the 

 different stock yards of 1,168,935 head of cattle, during the quaran- 

 tine season of 1900. To transport these cattle required 43,952 cars, 

 each of which had to be placarded, and all of the waybills, manifests, 

 and bills of lading accompanying the shipments had to state that 

 the cattle were Southern cattle. The number of cars cleaned and dis- 

 infected was 45,425. 



In Texas, 307,658 cattle were inspected and identified by brands as 

 originating outside of the quarantined district and were permitted to 

 be moved north for grazing. 



Scabies in sheep. — The number of sheep inspected in stock yards, at 

 feeding stations, and at many places throughout the West, in order to 

 prevent the shipment of sheep affected with, or that had been exposed 

 to, scabies, amounted to 7,912,724. 



The number of sheep dipped under the supervision of Bureau 

 inspectors was 1,034,368. 



For shipments of sheep that were found free of infection, certificates 

 of inspection were given. 



