. Activities handbook. Veterinary medicine. This service provides a means of preventing the interstate spread of communicable diseases of animals. It also builds confidence in buyers at inspected markets that they are getting healthy livestock. The statist-ical sfory In 1960, a total of 219 Federal veterinarians and livestock inspectors examined, segregated, and safely handled all diseased animals. Under their supervision, 2,536 cars and 24,882 trucks contaminated b\- diseased animals were cleaned and disinfected. Inspectors directed the dipping for scabies of 53,627 cattle and 374,834 sheep,
. Activities handbook. Veterinary medicine. This service provides a means of preventing the interstate spread of communicable diseases of animals. It also builds confidence in buyers at inspected markets that they are getting healthy livestock. The statist-ical sfory In 1960, a total of 219 Federal veterinarians and livestock inspectors examined, segregated, and safely handled all diseased animals. Under their supervision, 2,536 cars and 24,882 trucks contaminated b\- diseased animals were cleaned and disinfected. Inspectors directed the dipping for scabies of 53,627 cattle and 374,834 sheep, and super- vised the immunization of 150,043 hogs against cholera. For the interstate movement of livestock found to be apparently free from communica- ble diseases, inspectors issued 296,045 health certificates. The following statistics .show- the compara- tive volume of activities at public stockyards in 1959 and 1960: Stockyards operating Cities in which located Animals inspected: Cattle Sheep Swine 1959 Number 58 56 1!>C0 Number 58 56 21,977,606 21,700,786 11,908,863 12,351,029 28,926,309 31,448,004 Total animals inspected 62,812,778 65,499,819 Animals dipped for scabies: Cattle Sheep 21,456 388,450 Swine immunized against hog chlorea for movement to farms for stocker and feeder jiiir- poses --- - - - 151,613 Total animals iliiiped and immimizi'd 561,519 53,627 374,834 150,043 578,504. Health certificates issued for shipments ^ Infectious cars received -- Cars cleaned and disinfected '.— Trucks cleaned and disinfected Diseased animals received 275,834 296,045 393 235 2,317 2,536 34,683 24,882 434,971 ?-? 446,493 ' Includes requests by States and railroads. - Includes 91,620 brucellosis, 10,089 tuberculosis and 18() paratuberculosis reactors; and 333,076 other diseased animals. ?• Includes 65,822 brucellosis, 7,077 tuberculosis and 122 paratuberculosis reactors; and 373,472 other diseased animals. 49. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page image
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