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Ante Mortem Examinations.
Several cases of notifiable disease were observed among the
4,448 animals which were inspected before slaughter, and were
dealt with by the Veterinary Officer under the Diseases of Animals
Acts, while a number were also noted for particular attention
after slaughter. Among these were several cases of tuberculosis
of the udder.
Post-Mortem Examinations.
The animals inspected after slaughter numbered 12,158, and
of these 1,551, or 12.75 per cent., were diseased.
Bovines accounted for 2,133, and of this number 928, or
43.50 per cent., were affected with tuberculosis, while 269, or
12.61 per cent., were otherwise diseased. Swine numbered 1,909
and 133, or 6.96 per cent., were tubercular, and 73, or 3.82 per
cent., were suffering with other diseases. 8,115 sheep were examined
and 148, or 1.82 per cent., were found to be diseased.
In Table I. is given detailed information as to the numbers
and percentages of animals diseased, and Tables II., III., and IV.
give particulars of the meat found to be diseased and the diseases
which rendered it unsound, while Table V. shows the total quantity
of meat found to be unfit for human food.
Tuberculosis.
The incidence of tuberculosis observed in bovines and swine
js slightly higher than in previous years.
The presence of any degree of tuberculosis in an animal
necessitates a special examination to determine the extent and
character of the infection prior to releasing any part of even a
slightly affected carcase, and a great deal of time was spent upon
such examinations.
In Tables VI and VII details are given of the deposition of
tubercular lesions observed during post-mortem examinations.
A specimen of the card used in recording the results of postmortem
examinations in connection with diseases such as tuberculosis
is shown below :—
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