1904.] Animal Diseases in United States. 



the expiry of the prescribed period of quarantine if found free 

 from all other infectious or contagious disease. Cattle showing 

 clinical symptoms of tuberculosis shall be destroyed or other- 

 wise disposed of as may be directed by the Minister for 

 Agriculture. 



A Report of the Committee of the United States Senate 



on Agriculture and Forestry, dated February 15th, 1904, gives 



the following account of the work of the 



Prevention Of Bureau of Animal Industry, which is the 

 Animal Diseases . . , _ r , . . 



in United States. sectlon P* the Department of Agriculture 



established for the purposes of carrying 

 out the laws as to diseases of animals. The grant for the 

 Bureau in 1903-4 was about £268,000, of which some £165,000 

 was spent on the inspection of meat and live animals for 

 slaughter. The number of animals inspected before and at the 

 time of slaughter was 37 millions, and their meat was marked 

 and certified, and the packages containing meats stamped for 

 identification. Carcases of hogs to the number of 490,000 were 

 also inspected microscopically for the foreign market. The 

 result of the inspection was the destruction of some 78,000 

 carcases affected by disease or otherwise unwholesome and unfit 

 for consumption. 



Cattle, sheep and horses intended for export were inspected 

 before leaving the United States, and a reinspection was also 

 carried out at British ports at the time of landing. The inspec- 

 tion of the vessels participating in this trade, and the require- 

 ment of proper fittings, ventilation and care, has resulted, it is 

 stated, in a decrease in the losses during transit ; and the rate of 

 insurance which, when the inspection was first undertaken, was 

 8 per cent, has been reduced to less than one-half per cent. 



In order to prevent the introduction of contagious disease, 

 animals imported from Canada and Mexico were inspected, and 

 in the past year a considerable expenditure was incurred in 

 stamping out foot-and-mouth disease, which had obtained a 

 footing in the New England States. Sheep scab is another 

 disease dealt with by the Bureau, and it is stated that it is now 

 being controlled and rapidly eradicated. Success has also 



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