DISEASE IN PIGS.
In his report to Parliament on the condemnation of animals slaughtered for food, Mr C. J. Reakes, M.R.C.V.S., Director of the Live Stock and Meat Division of the Agricultural Department, emphasizes the necessity for a more complete system of inspection of pigs, both as regards city and town supplies, and bacon factories. "I do not intend to again go into details on the matter," he states, "but I would once more submit this question for the consideration of the Government as being the One calling for serious and prompt attention." Mr Reakes reports the percentage of condemnations as being:—Cattle, 2.43 per cent. ; calves, 0.02 per cent.; sheep, 0.09 per cent.; lambs, 0.07 per cent. ; pigs," .5.4-1. Effective steps, he says, must be taken to get tuberculosis under control. Tuberculosis as affecting pigs alone has caused an enormous loss, and is "a matter demanding most serious consideration." The disease is also to be found in poultry.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10136, 5 November 1910, Page 4
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158DISEASE IN PIGS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10136, 5 November 1910, Page 4
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