BUEEAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 



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Buffard and Selineider and Nocard regarding the etiological significance 

 of the Trypanosoma equiperdum. This investigation is at present 

 under consideration, but has not sufficiently progressed to warrant 

 any conclusion at this time. 



BLACKLEG VACCINE. 



The demand for blackleg vaccine is gradually increasing as this 

 method of preventive treatment becomes better known and its merits 

 more widelj^ heralded. 



The number of doses of vaccine distributed during the past year 

 and the results obtained in the previous year from its use may be 

 more conveniently and vividly expressed by means of the appended 

 tables : 



Number of doses of vaccine distributed during fiscal year ended June 30. 1902. 



July 1 to December 31, 1901: 



July 54,280 



August 73,085 



September 158,635 



October 258,220 



November 240,770 



December 164, 455 



January 1 to June 30, 1902: 



January 144,230 



February 92, 800 



March 145,960 



April..,.: 162,785 



May 112,570 



June 80,775 



Total 1,688,565 



Results obtained from vaccine distributed during fiscal year ended June SO, 1903. 



