﻿Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Commissionek 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  487 
  

  

  direct 
  into 
  tlie 
  slaugliter-liouse, 
  and 
  not 
  be 
  permitted 
  to 
  travel 
  over 
  

   the 
  streets, 
  yards, 
  alleys, 
  or 
  where 
  other 
  cattle 
  pass." 
  One 
  of 
  

   these 
  steers 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  others 
  and 
  ran 
  through 
  several 
  fields 
  

   until 
  it 
  was 
  finally 
  shot 
  several 
  miles 
  from 
  Albany. 
  Upon 
  ex- 
  

   amining 
  the 
  cattle, 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  ticks 
  {Boophilus 
  hovis) 
  were 
  found 
  

   upon 
  them. 
  On 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  lateness 
  of 
  the 
  season 
  the 
  eggs 
  

   did 
  not 
  hatch, 
  consequently, 
  we 
  did 
  not 
  have 
  any 
  reported 
  cases 
  of 
  

   Texas 
  fever. 
  The 
  car 
  was 
  disinfected. 
  

  

  Actinomycosis. 
  

  

  Three 
  cases 
  of 
  disease, 
  reported 
  to 
  be 
  actinomycosis, 
  were 
  in- 
  

   vestigated; 
  one 
  in 
  town 
  of 
  Colonic; 
  one 
  in 
  town 
  of 
  IsTew 
  Scotland, 
  

   and 
  the 
  other 
  in 
  town 
  of 
  Castleton. 
  Upon 
  examining 
  the 
  first 
  

   case, 
  I 
  found 
  that 
  the 
  animal 
  had 
  had 
  actinomycosis, 
  but 
  the 
  

   owner, 
  who 
  is 
  a 
  veterinarian, 
  had 
  been 
  treating 
  it 
  with 
  iodide 
  of 
  

   potash, 
  and 
  it 
  had 
  made 
  a 
  good 
  recovery. 
  I 
  found 
  the 
  second 
  case 
  

   to 
  be 
  an 
  enlarged 
  parotid 
  lymphatic 
  gland, 
  which 
  was 
  probably 
  

   due 
  to 
  tuberculosis. 
  The 
  third 
  case 
  was 
  in 
  an 
  animal 
  in 
  a 
  debili- 
  

   tated 
  condition, 
  and 
  was 
  practically 
  of 
  no 
  value. 
  At 
  my 
  sugges- 
  

   tion, 
  the 
  owner 
  had 
  it 
  destroyed. 
  

  

  Verminous 
  Bronchitis. 
  

  

  One 
  case 
  of 
  verminous 
  bronchitis 
  was. 
  investigated. 
  This 
  was 
  

   in 
  Sullivan 
  county, 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  place 
  where 
  this 
  disease 
  

   occurred 
  last 
  year. 
  Prior 
  to 
  my 
  visit 
  several 
  calves 
  had 
  died. 
  The 
  

   o\^^ler 
  thought 
  death 
  was 
  due 
  to 
  tuberculosis, 
  but, 
  happening 
  

   to 
  meet 
  the 
  man 
  whose 
  calves 
  were 
  similarly 
  affected 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  

   vicinity 
  last 
  year, 
  and 
  which 
  were 
  examined 
  and 
  treated 
  by 
  me, 
  un- 
  

   der 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  Department, 
  he 
  informed 
  him 
  that 
  it 
  waa 
  

   probably 
  not 
  tuberculosis, 
  but 
  verminous 
  bronchitis. 
  He 
  suggested 
  

   that 
  he 
  report 
  the 
  case 
  to 
  the 
  Department. 
  Both 
  medicinal 
  and 
  

   preventive 
  treatment 
  was 
  prescribed. 
  Since 
  my 
  visit, 
  no 
  other 
  

   death 
  from 
  this 
  disease 
  has 
  been 
  reported. 
  

  

  