Foot and Mouth Disease was again introduced to the Settlement area, no doubt by refugee' animals from the surrounding country where the disease appears sporadically. The outbreak was of a more severe nuture than previously, and owing to abnormal conditions obtaining with the development of hostilities in the Western area, strict enforcement of quarantine became impossible, and the disease spread to all the herds, except three, within a very short while, Four herds were infected with contagious Pleuro-Pneumonia with 27 deaths, as against 29 for 1936 and 56 for 1935, After an absence of over 2 years, one outbreak of Rinderpest occurred in December 1936, but was limited to one dairy by strict enforcement of quarantine, Anthrax appeared again sporadically, resulting in 9 deaths, the animals being. disposed of in the Disposal Plant Wet Digestor instead of, as previously, by cremation.
Analyses of figures of meat supply up to- the commencement of hostilities indicated a promising year with increases in the kill of oxen and pigs, end a nórmal number of calves, sheep only showing a decrease, mainly due to legislative measures by the Chinese. Government preventing the killing of sheep during pregnancy for the recovery of skins of the unborn lambs (Astrakhan). During the few weeks prior to hostilities, record figures were reached in the Abattoir.
There was no untoward incidence of disease amongst animals, and the Deren of rejections remained low.
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