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LICENSED DF./VLERF IN BOVINE ANIMALS 



During the fiscal year 1966 there were one hundred 

 and forty-three (li|3) licenses Issued to dealers in 

 dairy and beef cattle, and one hundred and eighty- two (l82) 

 plates were sent out for use on the trucks operated by 

 these dealers. 



A total of el'jven thousand two-hundred (11,200) dairy 

 cattle and four h\in.dred and thirty (ij.30) beef cattle were 

 reported by licensed dealers as purchased and sold. 



PERMITS TO x^ED GAKBAGE TO SWINE 



Vesicular Exanthema Proc^rani 

 Chapter 655» ^cts of 19^3 



There \-jere two himdred and eighty-nine (269) Permits 

 to Peed Garbage to Swine issued during the fiscal year 1966. 



EQUINE INF'iiOTlOJS ANEMIA 



Due to an outbreak of Equine Infectious Anemia In 

 the Southern states during ilar-ch ISijO, it v-as necessary 

 to declare an emergency so that all hoi'ses entering the 

 Commonwealth must be accompaniad by a health certificate. 

 We received '.06 out-of-state health charts for 1,262 horses 

 from 26 states and Canacla from Kurch 1966 through June 1966i 



During the same period ve Issued 270 Certifications 

 of Equine Examination covering ij.90 horses shipped out of 

 Massachusetts to other states. This certificate indicates 

 the general health and temperature reading of the horses 

 which is required by most states ten days prior to entry. 



