BUFvEAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 



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The 857 cattle shown in the second table as entered at San Juan, 

 Porto Kico, were shipped from the Virgin Islands and were not 

 subject to tlie United States quarantine laws. 



The animal quarantine station for the port of Baltimore, having 

 been turned over to the War Department early in the preceding year 

 for the storage of munitions and not yet relinquished, was unavail- 

 able for quarantine purposes throughout the entire year* hence all 

 importations of animals subject to quarantine and coming to the 

 Atlantic seaboard were entered at New York or Boston. 



Through the courtesy of the British Government the bureau has 

 continued to maintain an inspector in Great Britain, among whose 

 duties is the tuberculin testing of cattle intended for shipment to 

 the United States. During the year 78G cattle were so tested in the 

 United Kingdom and the Channel Islands at the request of im- 

 porters. This work is shown in the following table: 



Results of tubcrcitlin tests of cattle for importation into the UniUd ,^lates. 



Cattle not accompanied by satisfactory certificates of tuberculin 

 test signed or approved by the bureau inspector in Great Britain 

 must be tested in quarantine after arrival in the United States. 

 Ninety-nine cattle were thus tested and all wt^re passed. 



IMPORTATIONS OF ANIMAL BY-PKODUCTS. 



The bureau, through the Quarantine Division, has continued its 

 cooperation with the Treasury Department in the administration of 

 the regulations governing the sanitary handling and control of hides, 

 fckins, and other animal by-products offered for entry into the United 

 States. This bureau endeavors to protect the domestic live stock 

 from possible infection of anthrax, foot-and-mouth disease, and 

 rinderpest, which diseases exist in many parts of the world from 

 which animal by-products are imported. These regulations provide 

 that hides and skins from countries where anthrax is prevalent, or 

 in which foot-and-mouth disease or rinderpest exists, shall be dis- 

 infected prior to shipment, or, at the discretion of the shipper, any 

 such hides and skins may be forwarded to the United States, subject 

 to disinfection at a tannery at destination under bureau supervision. 

 The greater part of the imported hides and skins are so certified as 

 to render them eligible for importation without disinfection. 



INSPECTION OF ANIMALS FOR EXPORT. 



Tlie exportation of live stock is subject to regulations providing 

 for inspection to assure that the animals are in good health and for 

 their humane handling and safe transport. All live stock offered 



