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erinarj'^ students, preparation rooms, museum and a necrospy laboratory. 

 In our last report we called attention to our present inadequate building 

 equipment for these phases of work and suggested the need could be pro- 

 vided for through an expenditure of less than !ii;r)0,000. M. A. C. now 

 enjoys an enviable reputation as an institution for training men as 

 skilled veterinarians and if we would continue to measure up with older 

 well housed veterinary institutions, it is imperative this requirement re- 

 ceive consideration at the earliest moment the College resources will 

 warrant. 



Respectfully submitted, 



RICHARD P. LYMAN, 

 Dean of the Division of Veterinary Science. 

 East Lansing, Mich., June 30, 1017. 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL PATHOLOGY, 



President F. S. Kedzie, College. 



Dear Mr. President — I herewith submit report of the work of the 

 Department of Animal Pathology for the year ending June 30, 1917. 



A record of the undergraduate instruction work given by the depart- 

 ment has been reported in the annual report of the Dean of the Divisioii. 



In addition to this two graduate students pursued work in Pathology 

 100 as a minor and one as a major. Unfortunately the latter was given 

 up during the winter term on account of the resignation of Mr. Keck 

 from the College. This was very unfortunate for the department as 

 the problem he had elected was a most vital one to the cattle breeding 

 industry, viz.: (The pathology of the reproductive organs of breeding 

 cattle). It is to be hoped that this phase of the problem may be con- 

 tinued. 



Through the kindness of the head of the Bacteriology department 

 and the Director of the Experiment Station it has been the privilege 

 of the writer to make a few trips throughout the state in the interest 

 of abortion and sterility work in cattle. The purpose of his work has 

 been to collect material for bacteriological examination and to outline 

 measures of control to be carried out by the owner of dairy herds, co- 

 operating with their local veterinarian. The importance of this work 

 cannot be over-estimated and it is the regret of the writer that more 

 time is not available. We are advocating" stricter measures with regard 

 to hygiene and sanitation and local treatment of the reproductive or- 

 gans by specially qualified men and hope to present data in the future 

 to show the results of such control measures. I might remark that there 

 is the most pressing need from two sources in this particular work — 

 a greater appreciation on the part of owners of breeding cattle of the 

 importance of hygiene and sanitation in the control of contagious 

 abortion. Second — to get more veterinarians to qualify to render the 

 purely technical services. Few veterinarians have had the training re- 

 quired to administer this kind of treatment and there is a pressing need 

 for instruction among veterinarians of this nature. These facts are 



