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Again thanking my colleagues for their i)ast hearty cooperation, this 

 is 



Respectfully submitted, 



F. W. CHAMBERLAIN, 



Acting Dean. 

 East Lansing, Mich., June 30, 1920. 



RErORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL PATHOLOGY. 



President F. S. Kedzie, College. 



Dear Mr. President: — ^I herewith submit report of tiie Deijartment 

 of Animal Pathology for the year ending June oOth, 1020. 



The class worlv for the past year is as follows : 



Pathology 1, Fall term, 10 hours per week, 9 students. 



Pathology 2a, Fall term, 5 hours per week, 7 students. 



Pathology 2b, Spring term, 4 hours per week, 8 students. 



Pathology 3, Spring term, 5 liours per week, 8 students. 



Pathology 100, Graduate course major, fall and winter terms, 1 

 student. 



Veterinary Science short course, 16 hours, 24 students. 



Dr. Runnells has had charge of Pathology 2a, 2b and 3, as well as 

 the routine examination of tissues, autopsy work and class Avork for 

 short course students, thereby permitting the writer to devote a large 

 part of his time to investigational work. The results of this work may 

 be found in the department's report to the Director of the Experiment 

 Station. That the results of this work are appreciated is indicated 

 by the fact that the writer spent two weeks in Indiana, under the Aus- 

 pices of Purdue Fniversity, lecturing and demonstrating to the veter- 

 inarians on the methods of treatment of sterility of cattle. 



In addition to the above the writer prepared papers for the follow- 

 ing meetings: Ignited States Live Stock Sanitary Association, Chicago, 

 Dec. 3, 1919; Micliigan Jersey Cattle Club, East Lansing, January, 19;i6; 

 Michigan State Veterinary Medical Association, Feb. 3, 1920; Nortli- 

 western Ohio Veterinary Medical Association, Toledo, March 3, 1920. 



During the year we have held autopsies on 134 animals. Among these 

 we have recorded the following: 



Horse, Torsion of mesentery 1 



Cattle, Acute gastrointestinal catarrh 1 



Acute gastro-intestinal intoxication 4 



Fibrinous Oesopiiagitis and Mechanical pneumonia 1 



Generalized peritonitis 1 



Lobar pneumonia 2 



Septicaemia •'» 



Tuberculosis 2 



Sheep, Hemonchus contortus 1 



Uncinariasis ^ 



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