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Slaughterhouses and Meat Inspection.— Two hundred and
seventy-eight visits were made to these during the usual slaughtering
times, when I have examined the carcases and organs of 371 oxen,
5 bulls, 70 cows, 1,079 sheep and lambs, 31 calves, 25 pigs and 13
goats The following I found diseased and had removed and
destroyed:—
Carcases and all the organs of 5 cows affected with tuberculosis.
Carcases and all the organs of 3 oxen affected with tuberculosis.
Carcases and all the organs of 1 heifer affected with tuberculosis.
Fore-quarters, head, tongue and pluck of a cow affected with
tuberculosis.
Heart, lungs, liver and gut-fat of a cow affected with
tuberculosis.
Head and tongue of an ox affected with tuberculosis.
Head, tongue, pluck, liver and gut-fat of an ox affected with
tuberculosis.
Fore-quarters, pluck, liver, head and gut-fat of an ox affected
with tuberculosis.
Head and tongue, pluck and liver of a bull affected with
tuberculosis.
Portions of the fore-quarters of an ox for extensive bruising.
Portions of the fore-quarters of 3 cows for extensive bruising.
The livers of 6 cows, 1 bull, and 3 oxen affected with abscess.
The livers of 5 cows and 4 oxen affected with distomatosis.
The livers of 10 sheep affected with distomatosis.
The livers and lungs of 8 sheep affected with abscess.
The livers and lungs of 15 sheep affected with parasitic cysts.
Portions of the hind-quarters of a sow with broken pelvic bone.
Wholesale Preserved Provision Factories.—Fifty-three visits
were made to these and large quantities of meat of all kinds, carcases,