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Annexe C.
REPORT BY ADAM GIBSON, Colonial Veterinary Surgeon.
GENERAL STATISTICS.
The total number of cattle admitted to the Government Depôts for the year was 33,259, a decrease on the previous year of 5,416. In Kennedy Town 29,645 were admitted, a decrease of 1,355 on last year. There were 46 cattle rejected alive as unfit for food against 39 in 1913. In Ma Tau Kok 3,614 were admitted against 6,647 in the previous year and 25 were rejected alive as unfit for food against 77 in 1913.
The total number of pigs admitted to Kennedy Town was 200,705, a decrease on last year's total of 16,917.
The total number of sheep admitted to Kennedy Town was 32,127, a decrease of 1,413 on 1913.
DISEASE IN DEPÔTS.
Rinderpest.
A few cases were met with in the Depôts in the early part of the year but it had entirely disappeared by the end of the third quarter and has not since occurred.
Foot and Mouth Disease.
As in 1913 no cases were found.
Anthrax.
While in 1913 no cases were reported, in 1914 2 cases were found in the Slaughter House.
Tuberculosis.
As usual no cases were observed on native cattle but four carcases of 'cast' cows from local dairies were destroyed on account of this disease and several carcases were partially destroyed. Several advanced cases of generalised Tuberculosis were taken direct to the crematorium for destruction and did not come through the Slaughter House at all.
Coccidiosis.
An interesting case of this disease was observed in the liver of a Chinese buffalo. The animal was in good condition but the liver was found to be infected throughout. There was no alteration to the naked eye in any part of the bowel and scrapings from various parts of the bowel wall did not show any coccidia microscopically. This disease, so far as I can find out, has only hitherto been noticed in the Colony in tame rabbits and domestic fowls.