The Bureau of Animal Industry was a United States Department of Agriculture agency responsible for controlling and eradicating livestock diseases, including hog cholera and Texas cattle fever, and for inspecting meat destined for interstate and export trade. Its disease-control and meat-inspection functions were later absorbed into successor USDA agencies.
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KindNational Government Ministry or Department 1 Founding Year Connections
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Dorset led the Bureau of Animal Industry research that developed the hog cholera serum.
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1. Bureau of Animal Industry (Wikipedia)
Lead paragraph, founding
The Bureau was created upon president Chester A. Arthur signing the Animal Industry Act (23 STAT 31) on May 29, 1884. The BAI was charged with preventing diseased animals from being used as food.
Lead paragraph, institution kind
The Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) was an organization that was established under the United States Department of Agriculture.
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