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Danish Tuberculosis Law. 



the Milch Zeitu7tg of 23rd April last, together with compara- 

 tive figures for earlier years: — 



Live Stock. 



Jan., 1873. 



Jan., 1883. 



Dec, 1892. 



Dec, 1897. 



Horses - - - . 

 Cattle - - - - 

 Sheep - - - - 

 Swine - - - . 



3,352,231 

 15,776,702 

 24,999,406 



7,124,088 



3.522,545 

 15,786,764 

 19,189,715 



9,206,195 



3,836,256 



17,555,694 

 13,589,612 

 12,174,288 



4,038,485 

 18,490,772 

 10,866,772 

 14,274,557 



The most interesting feature of the table is the rapid and 

 steady decline in the number of sheep, and the increase in 

 the swine : whereas the former were in 1873 just three and a 

 half times as numerous as the latter, their numbers were 

 nearly equal twenty years later, and the swine are now over 

 30 per cent, more numerous than the sheep. 



Danish Tuberculosis Law. 



The Board have received through the Foreign Office a 

 translation of a law passed by the Danish Government with 

 the object of combating tuberculosis in cattle. 



Under this law, provision is to be made in the annual 

 budget for ;£5,555 to be placed at the disposal of the Ministry 

 of Agriculture in order to assist proprietors of beasts who 

 wish tp make use of tuberculin as a diagnostic means ot 

 combating tuberculosis among their cattle, provided that the 

 injections are given in accordance with the regulations fixed 

 by the Mirdstry. Part of the grant may also be given as a 

 subvention to cattle-breeding associations with the same 

 view. 



Live cattle can only be imported via certain stations 

 fixed by the Ministry of Agriculture. Immediately after 

 importation the cattle are to be tested at quarantine stations 

 with tuberculin by the veterinary police, such tests to be 

 completed within five days of landing at latest. Animals 

 which show no reaction may then be handed over to the 

 owners for their free use ; animals which have reacted must 

 be either refused admittance or slaughtered under the direc- 

 tion of the veterinary police. The expense of establishing 



