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of the parasites affecting our domestic animals, and of the dis¬ 
eases which they induce. 
(5) The dairy department, which collects and disseminates 
information relating to the dairy industry in the United States. 
(6) The miscellaneous department, which has the supervis¬ 
ion of the accounts and expenditure, conducts the general cor¬ 
respondence in regard to diseases and the animal industry of the 
country, and directs the field investigations. 
(7) The experimental stations, where the animals used in 
the experiments are kept, where small animals for these pur¬ 
poses are bred, and where antitoxin serums for animal diseases 
are prepared. 
Permit me now to lay before you a few facts showing the 
amount and, what may interest you most, the kind of work 
done. 
I refer to the examination of animals for export and the in¬ 
spection of meat, both for interstate and export trade. 
I. EXAMINATION OF ANIMATS FOR EXPORT. 
In liis report of 1897 Dr. Salmon says : “ The fear expressed 
by foreign governments of the introduction of pleuro-pneumonia 
and Texas fever from the United States, made it necessary to 
adopt some method by which the history of the animals ex¬ 
ported could be ascertained and the animals inspected, num¬ 
bered and registered, so that a certificate could be issued show¬ 
ing freedom from contagion. Occasionally it was alleged by 
the English inspectors that some of our cattle were suffering 
from pleuro-pneumonia when landed at the British ports. In 
two cases, German inspectors reported our cattle affected with 
Texas fever when they reached Hamburg. The German reports 
plainly show that the twcw lots of cattle were not affected with 
the same disease and that the diagnosis in one case at least must 
have been incorrect. Such occurrences, however, emphasize 
the importance of supervising the trade, as our live cattle and 
fresh beef have been entirely excluded from Germany since this 
alleged discovery of disease. 
