The year 1967 was marked by a major epidemic of foot and mouth disease (details on pages 10-19), and by completion of the eradication of swine fever. The number of cases of ANTHRAX was higher than the average for the past ten years. TUBERCULIN TESTING performed on 6.2 million cattle in 119, 000...

There were 32 primary outbreaks of FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. Of these imported meat or bones caused 13 outbreaks, swill 2, imported meat wrappers 2, disease introduced from the Continent 11, and 4 unclassified. Most of the outbreaks occurred in the period August to December; only 13 outbreaks were in ...

Part I of the report deals with the position in Great Britain with regard to contagious diseases of animals; the list of notifiable diseases remains unchanged. Statistical tables are included in Appendix I showing the distribution of diseases in each county of Great Britain.
During the year there...

During the period under review more than three-fifths of the special research grants approved by the Council were allocated to research on animal diseases. Also a large capital expenditure was incurred towards the establishment of a Field Station under the Council's direction. The station is...