§ Mr. CHARLES BATHURSTasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether the Board has information showing that the fungoid disease of the jaw in horses and other live stock known as actinomycosis is seriously on the increase in many parts of Great Britain; and whether any steps are being taken by the Board to make known to stock owners the symptoms of this disease and the best methods of its treatment or prevention?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of AGRICULTURE (Sir Edward Strachey)No, Sir. Information 2348 on the disease has been given to agricultural associations and individual farmers. An article on the subject appeared in the Board's Journal of November, 1907, and a leaflet on it is in preparation. The disease, I may add, is exceedingly rare in horses; it affects cattle principally.