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appraise animals when requested to do so by the Commissioners, 

 prevents any action beyond quarantine, and renders the law inop- 

 erative and of no avail to extirpate the disease. 



B. H. HYDE, ) Commissioners on 

 T. S. GOLD, V Diseases of 

 J. W. ALSOP, ) Domestic Animals. 



Hartford, Feb. 27, 1884. 



Report of Dr. F. E. Rice. 



To the Commissioners on Diseases of Domestic Animals : 



I have the pleasure to submit herewith a report of the outbreak of 

 pleuro-pneumonia contagiosa as occurring in Salem, in this State. 



The animals affected by this outbreak were seven cows, two steers, 

 and one bull, all the property of Mr. H, E. Williams, and all pure breed 

 Jerseys except the steers ; several cows, the property of Capt. D. H, 

 Seaman, together with one heifer, the property of Mr. Amos Williams. 

 My first visit to these herds was made August 9th, in company with 

 your commission. 



I found that two of Mr. Williams's herd had died of the disease July 

 23d, and one on the night preceding our visit. Of the remaining ani- 

 mals of the herd, a bull and a cow, Sallie S., furnished well-defined 

 manifestations of the disease, while one steer was suffering very acutely. 



Of Capt. Seaman's herd, one cow was sick, and on examiilation, one 

 lung was found to be largely consolidated, while the other gave evi- 

 dence of having been recently invaded, and from the acuteness of the 

 symptoms, and the rapidity with which new lung tissue was becoming 

 involved, I was led to conclude that the case must terminate in death at 

 an early time. 



I next proceeded to make a post-mortem examination of the case 

 that died the previous night. The cavity containing the lungs furnished 

 complete evidence of the existence of disease as well as of its nature, 

 and without attempting to burden this report by a recital of pathologi- 

 cal technicalities, I may say that the chest cavity contained the pro- 

 ducts of iliflammation in abundance ; the lungs were solid, of marbled 

 appearance when cut across, more or less adherent to the chest walls, and 

 in a word presented the changes peculiar to lung plague so clearly 

 that no possible doubt could exist as to the presence of that disease. 

 I advised immediate slaughter of both herds, but as this was found 

 impracticable, quarantine was substituted. 



• The second visit, August 14th, was made with your Commission, 

 and Dr. E. F. Thayer of the U. S. Treasury Cattle Commission, and Dr. 

 George Parkinson of Middletown. 



