- 62 -13. Animal and Livestock Plague From the census of livestock and buffaloes for the year 1913, it appeared that livestock increased by 17,000 and buffaloes decreased by 9,000. The following table shows the number of animals imported into Egypt from Sudan and other countries, most of which are for slaughter.

| Difference | 1912 | 1913 | | |---|---|---|---| | - 4766 | 15190 | 10424 | Cattle | | 10,700+ | 10,958 | 10,886 | Sheep and Goats | | 4,359+ | 12,726 | 10,931 | Total | | - 3,463 | 70,86 | 633,5 | Cattle and Buffaloes | | 2,527+ | 12,401 | 10,611 | Sheep and Goats | | 66+ | 1137 | 1203 | Pigs and Others | | 2,104+ | 3,733 | 1,641 | Total | | From Sudan | | | | | From other countries | | | | 18,240 cattle died from cattle plague in 1913, which is about 14.004 percent. In 1912, 42.0042 percent died.

The number of cattle protected by double vaccination since its first use in July 1912 until the end of the following year reached 186,000. The number of cattle that received double vaccination, and in total those that died during the spread of the epidemic at this time, was 21,000, which is 13.000 percent.

Experiments with livestock belonging to the Domaine Administration showed that double vaccination protects livestock for at least eighteen and a half months.