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peratiires were taken twice daily until November 7. On November 2 

 the highest temperature was recorded as 101 '^. No effects of the in- 

 jection could be seen. The horse was killed Januai'v 4, 1912, and it 

 was reported that the blood was notably pale and watery. 



October 13. — Tested 3 cows at the Altenheim, Monroe. One reacted. 

 Of the other two, one coughed and the other was greatly emaciated. 



October 15. — Tested a herd of 14 cattle at Flat Rock, nearly all re- 

 acted. (Records of test kept by commission.) 



October 18. — Examined flock of sheep at Bellevue for sore mouth 

 and foot-rot. Not serious. Healing sjwntaneously. 



October 20. — Tested 5 cows at Borculo for Mr. B • — . Three 



reacted. 



October 27.— Tested 60 cattle for Wa.^Tie County Farm at Eloise. Bull 

 only reacted. Bull came from a notoriously affected herd. 



October 30. — Autopsied cow at Imlay City. Impaction of omasum 

 with secondary- disturbances. Probably corresponds to Grand Traverse 

 disease. 



November 4. — Tested herd of Mr. G , Zeeland. One reacter. 



Owner reported that one non-reacter, that was suspicious, gave a severe 

 constitutional reaction 3fJ hours after the injection. 



November 10. — Autopsied reacter at Zeeland on farm of Mr. G , 



and at Borculo on farm of Mr. B . These cattle should have been 



used for beef with one exception. 



November 14. — Investigated outbreaks of hog cholera at Hartford. 

 Local stock yards must have been badly infected. 



November 25. — Autopsied cattle on farm of Mr. J K at 



Zeeland, tested September 2. Stables still unsanitary. Cattle should 

 have been used for beef. 



December 4.— Attended meeting of U. S. L. S. S. Association at Chi- 

 cago, representing Michigan. 



December 14. — Found outbreak of bloody dysentery in dairy cattle at 

 Whittaker. Probably due to filthy water from well in pig pen. Dairy 

 and Food Commission caused alterations to be made. 



December 30. — Investigated cause of deaths in sheep at Romeo. Sheep 

 had suffered from stomach wonns in fall, gone into winter quarters 

 in bad shape and were veiw badly infested with sheep ticks. They were 

 sheared and improvement followed. 



January 8, 1912. — A suspected case of glanders at Shelbyville was 

 found to be an old hoi'se suffering from a diseased molar. 



January 31. — Tested 4 herds near Overisel. Two gave no reaetions, 

 in one 100 per cent reacted, and in the other only one steer calf failed 

 to react. These animals were supplying milk to the Overisel Creamery. 

 Skim milk from this creamery is returned unsterilized to the community 

 at large. The reacting cattle were shipped to Detroit and slaughtered 

 under federal inspection. 



Februarv 10. — An investigation was made at Flint of a disease of 

 pigs. A certain bunch of pigs was dying on this farm although hog 

 cholera serum had been used on the entire herd. The pigs that died 

 showed a purulent broncho-pneumonia and ptericarditis. They had been 

 introduced on to this place during extremely cold weather and acute 

 congestion of the lungs was undoubtedly present at the time of treat- 



