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eradication of trie disease in Great Britain, and with this object 

 in view, provision is made for the destruction not only of 

 horses, asses, and mules which show clinical symptoms of 

 Glanders or Farcy, but also of those in which the application 

 of the mallein test has resulted in definite evidence of disease. 

 It is hoped that by this means the destruction of animals 

 which are suffering from the disease in a latent form, although 

 no outward symptoms are apparent, will be rapidly secured. 

 The Returns for 1908 are regarded on the whole as very re- 

 assuring, and in the case of London, the progress which has 

 been made towards the eradication of the disease is very satis- 

 factory. 



There was a slight increase in the number of reported cases 

 of Anthrax. 



In November, 1908, Foot-and-Mouth Disease was detected 

 in the United States of America, and an account is given of 

 the precautions which were taken to guard against the risk 

 of the introduction of the disease into this country by means 

 of animals or of hay or straw brought from America. 



The Chief Veterinary Officer of the Board of Agriculture 

 and Fisheries (Mr. Stewart Stockman) refers in his Annual 

 Report for 1908 to the investigations 

 Texas-fever or into Texas-fever, which it is believed 

 Red-water in Cattle, will have an important bearing on the 

 export trade in pedigree cattle. In con- 

 nection therewith the disease known as Red-water has also 

 been investigated. 



Mr. Stockman states that, in collaboration with the Veteri- 

 nary Departments of the Transvaal and the East Africa Pro- 

 tectorate, 43 heifers and bulls have been inoculated at the 

 laboratory against Texas-fever, now more generally called 

 Piroplasmosis Bovis. The animals are shipped after inocula- 

 tion to the above Colonies, where they are pastured on farms 

 badly infected with Texas-fever, in order to test the practical 

 value of the immunity conferred in England by artificial 

 methods. 



The initial expense of importing pedigree cattle into Africa 

 from Great Britain is considerable on account of the freight 



