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and a very slight secondary fever appeared February 1 

 to 8, about 36 days after inoculation. February 21 she 

 received a secondary inoculation of 1^ cc of defibrinated 

 blood. A very slight elevation of temperature occurred 

 about 40 days after the second inoculation. Of all the 

 six full blood cattle inoculated at the same time she 

 reacted the least. During the shipment she accidentally 

 got with calf and aborted July 26. Preceding and fol- 

 lowing the abortion she had some fever and it is very 

 probable that the abortion was caused by the fever. Ac- 

 cording to the Australian authorities Texas fever pro- 

 duced bv defibrinated blood inoculation is often at- 

 tended by abortion in pregnant cows. This heifer has 

 kept in the best condition, and has made an almost con- 

 tinuous growth from the time of her arrival in Ala- 

 bama to the end of her second summer. Novem- 

 ber, following her first summer she weighed 1020 

 lbs. at 2 years old, and on August 10, 1901, she weighed 

 1190 lbs. She dropped a bull calf about September 20, 

 1901. 



Champion of Al-abama, (see Tables I and II), a short- 

 horn bull, bred in Missouri, arrived at Auburn, Ala., 

 November 8, 1899, at the age of 7 months, weighing 472 

 lbs. In shipping he caught cold and had an attack of 

 bronchitis the first week after his arrival in Alabama. 

 December 26 he was inoculated with 1 cc of defibrinated 

 blood. If primary fever appeared it lasted only one day, 

 on January 11. A well marked secondary inoculation 

 fever occurred from January 28 to February 7, beginning 

 31 days after the inoculation, and continuing 12 days. 

 February 21, 1900, he received a second inoculation of 

 H cc of defibrinated blood. The fever periods following 

 the second inoculation were indistinct and irregular. 

 During the secondary' fever Deriod of the first inocula- 



