DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 161 



September 15, 1915, Kalamazoo. 

 September 25, 1915, Adrian. 

 October 2, 1915, Kalamazoo. 

 November 19, 1915, Leslie. 

 March 30, 1916, Ionia. 

 April 27, 1916, Howell. 



AUTOPSIES AND EXAMINATIONS OF ANIMAL TISSUES. 



During the past year we have held autopsies on animals as follows : 



Hogs 38 



Chickens 26 



Sheep 15 



Cattle 8 



Horses 5 



Dogs 3 



Cats 1 



Total 96 



Among these we have found: 



Hog cholera 11 



Purulent pneumonia, hog 6 



Lobar pneumonia, hog 4 



Hepatitis, hog 3 



Hepatitis and pericardites, hog 1 



Gastroenteritis, hog 1 



Verminous pneumonia, hog 1 



Acute gastrointestinal intoxication, hog 1 



Parasitic blocking of the bile duct with icterus, hog. . . 1 



Hydro nephrosis, hog 1 



Septicaemia, hog 1 



Kupture of abdominal blood vessel, hog 1 



Tuberculosis, chicken 4 



Broken egg in oviduct, chicken 2 



Pneumonia, chicken 1 



Necrotic stomatitis, chicken 1 



Intestinal and external parasites, chicken 1 



Impaction of crop, chicken ] 



Eoup, chicken 1 



Catarrhal enteritis and taeniasis, chicken 1 



Chronic peritonitis, chicken 1 



Contagious epithelioma and diphtheria, chicken 1 



Chronic hepatitis with hypertrophy and dilation of 



left side of heart, chicken 1 



Thrombosis of bicuspid valve of heart and dilation of 



left auricle, chicken 1 



Abnormally developed heart, chicken 1 



Constipation, chicken 1 



Stomach worms, sheep ^ 



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