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ber of hogs apparently well, number of hogs sick, total number of 

 hogs treated, approximate weight, and amount of serum injected. 

 This report should be filled out in duplicate and one copy filed with 

 the State Veterinarian, and one with the director in charge of the 

 laboratory in which the serum was manufactured. In addition to 

 this, the owner should be furnished with blanks and should be re- 

 quired to file in duplicate, at the expiration of 30 days, as above, 

 giving results of treatment. 



In conclusion, if the above plans are not practical, then we 

 would suggest that this board draw a plan of procedure that is 

 practical and you will have our hearty co-operation and support. 



RABIES. 



The State has been very fortunate in the number of outbreaks 

 of rabies; in fact we have had only two reports of rabies in live 

 stock. Numerous cases have been reported in dogs, but perhaps 

 less than any former year. When it is known that dogs have been 

 exposed to rabies they should be destroyed, as the period of incuba- 

 tion varies, and an animal once inoculated with the virus from a 

 rabid animal may develop the disease after many months. 



DISEASE OF SHEEP. 



No reports have been received of foot rot or lip and leg 

 disease for the past year. 



We have received several reports of stomach worms in sheep 

 and have given the same our careful attention and prescribed for 

 each, with beneficial results. We have received reports of thirty 

 shipments of sheep to the public markets infected with scabie?. 

 Reports received show this disease to be badly scattered, as the dis- 

 ease originated in nineteen different counties. Laclede county leads 

 in number of points of infection with seven. Wright is a close sec- 

 ond with five, Howard has three, Morgan four, Shelby two, Atchison 

 two, and Pike, Osage, Webster, Lincoln, Camden, Monroe, Pulaski 

 and Daviess counties one each. It will be noted from the above that 

 the infection is badly scattered and that it will require considerable 

 time and expense to make a thorough investigation of the flocks in 

 the diff'erent counties above mentioned and cause them to be dipped 

 in the proper solutions and the premises thoroughly disinfected. We 

 must give this our immediate attention as soon as our funds are 

 available, with a view of eradicating sheep scab from the State. 

 In connection with the above, I wish to direct your attention to the 



