No. 4.] REPORT OF CATTLE BUREAU. 



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reported as suspected of having glanders or farcy, including 

 those dealt with in stable tests. Of these, 946 were killed or 

 died, and found to be affected with this disease; 380 were 

 released after examination, and 44 held for further observa- 

 tion. Of 24 horses held over from last year, 6 later developed 

 the disease and were killed or died, and the remaining 18 

 were released as free from disease, making a total of 952 

 killed, or which have died, during the year. Of this number, 

 387 were reported from the city of Boston. 



Fourteen stable-tests were made during the year, 226 

 horses having been tested with mallein, 18 of which developed 

 the disease sufficiently to warrant their destruction. 



At the present time the Bureau is investigating the value 

 of the recently recognized test for the diagnosis of glanders 

 called the " complement-fixation " test, and has had speci- 

 mens of blood taken from horses in stables in various parts 

 of the State where the infection has existed. 



The reports of rendering companies, as required by section 

 111 of chapter 75 of the Revised Laws, as amended by chap- 

 ter 243 of the Acts of 1907, continue to be of much value 

 in furnishing information of cases of glanders or farcy, which 

 would not otherwise be brought to the attention of the Chief 

 of the Cattle Bureau, as the following table illustrates : — 



Reports of Rendering Companies. 



