330 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Marcli 30, 1899. before injection, 98.1, 98.2, 98.6, 98.2. 99.6, 98.9, 97.2, 99.0, 98.9, 98.9. 



March 31, 1899, after injection, 100.0, 98.8, 100.0, 99.2, 99.2, 102.3, 101.6, 102.0, 102.8, 

 100.3, 99.4, 102.6. 



October 9, 1899, before injection, 99.8, 100.3, 99.0, 100.2, 100.0, 101.2, 100.8, 102.0. 

 102.0. 



October 10, 1899, after injection, 98.4, 100.4, 101.0, 100.6, 100.4, 100.4, 100.0, 99.8, 

 102.8. 103.0, 103.0. 104.7. 



March 30, 1900, before injection, 100.,'5, 100.7, 99.2, 100.7, 101.2, 08.0. 



March 31, 1900, after injection. 98.9, 100.4, 99.0, 100.5, 99.6, 100.3, 99.7, 99.9, 99.7, 

 100.6. lOO.S. 



Although this cow did not react at eacli test, it will be noticed, in looking over her 

 reactions, that she is probably still susceptible to the tuberculin test. Her last reaction 

 was last October. 



She has never been known, in all the tests made of sputum, milk and excreta, to give 

 off tubercle bacilli. 



Her condition was good until about a year ago. When she dropped her last calf, 

 there were signs of deterioration. This may, however, be due to the fact that she did 

 not clean well. Since then she has improved greatly in appearance, althougli she has 

 not yet become impregnated. 



None of her calves since she has reacted have proved to be tuberculous. College 

 Belle Sarcastic, 37016, dropped April 13, 1894, responded to tuberculin in the spring 

 of 1899. Belle Sarcastic is still alive and doing well. 



MYSIE 44, VOL. 25, P. 84.5. 



She was the daughter of 5th Duke of Ackland, 51734, and Mysie. 43, vol. 25, p. 675. 

 She was a Shorthorn. Her birth dates back to May 12. 1882. The first test, April 

 1, 1896, condemned this animal. Her temperatures are here given: 



March 31, 1896, before injection, 100.6, 100.8, 100.7, 100.2, 100.0. 



April 1, 1896, after injection, 100.4, 100.7, 102.4, 100.4. 104.0, 104.4, 102.8, 101.4. 



August 26, 1896, before injection, 100.6, 100.9, 101.6, 101.3, 101.1. 



August 27, 1896, after injection, 100.9, 100.9, 101.2, 102.0, 104.2, 104.2, 104.8, 104.4. 

 103.8. 



April 22, 1897, before injection. 100.4, 100.8, 99.1, 100.2. 101.4. 



April 23, 1897, after injection, 101.6. 101.6, 102.0. 101.3. 101.8. 102.8. 105.0, 103.1, 

 101.0. 



All the above tests were positiv'e. 



Several examinations were made of the discliarges from the nostrils of this cow. 

 and in every case these discharges contained the tubercle bacilli. 



Six examinations made of the milk from this cow were negative. In one case, the 

 day before she died, her milk was put through a separator and the slime examined 

 with negative results. 



Several examinations of the urine always resulted negatively. 



Her feces always contained tubercle bacilli. An experiment was carried out on 

 some hogs to demonstrate the infectiousness of the fecal matter. On October 5, 1896, 

 three hogs were placed behind this cow, two of which were fed with corn mixed 

 with feces and one fed with corn alone. On the 2!)th of April, 1897, these hogs were 

 killed. The two which had received the corn with feces had general tuberculosis 

 and the one used as a control, placed in an adjacent pen. had during this tinie some 

 communication with the two hogs behind the cow through the board wall which at 

 one time yielded to their upturning propensities, and had likewise contracted the 

 disease, but it was limited to the bronchial glands. A duplicate experiment was 

 made. Four small pigs three or four weeks old were placed behind Mysie 44's stall 

 and separated from the stall by a high partition. The pigs were then divided into 

 lots of two each with a strong partition between, so as to avoid the error in experiment 

 1. The pigs of one pen received corn mixed with feces from Mj'sie 44. The pigs in 

 the other pen acted as controls and received corn only. Tliis experiment started 

 June 5. 1897. On November 10, 1897, one of the pigs fed with feces and corn was 

 found dead. It had been sick for several weeks, had- become emaciated, its breathing 

 was labored and it was very weak during the period of sickness. On post-mortem 

 examination, general tuberculosis was found to exist. On November 12, 1897, the 

 second and last pig of this lot, the one associated with the pig which died November 

 10, also succumbed. General tuberculosis existed in this pig. Of the two pigs acting 

 as controls one w"as killed at the expiration of six months from the time it was started 

 in this experiment and tlic otlier died Decem1)er 10, 18n7, of gener.al tuberculosis. 



