782 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Rabies diminished somewhat but continued to be vei-y prevalent. More horses 

 or mules, 941 in all. died or were destroyed In the State because of glanders 

 and farcy than during any other year of which there is record. 



A tabulated rei»ort of the inspection of animals, stables, etc., shows that 

 234,347 bovines were examined of which 177,047 were milch cows as compared 

 with 237,047 bovines and 155,876 milch cows the previous year. 



Calves purchased for experimental investigations of tuberculosis were inocu- 

 lated subcutaueously and intravenously by Drs. Theobald Smith and P. A. Lewis 

 with cultures of tubercle bacilli from the cervical lymph glands of 3 children 

 suffering from that form of tuberculosis. All the calves developed acute and 

 fatal tuberculosis, indicating that the disease in the children was of bovine 

 origin. A case of tuberculosis iu a horse was found to be due to infection from 

 cattle, as a culture obtained by Dr. Smith from lesions in the horse's lungs 

 showed the bacillus to be of the bovine type. 



Brief mention is also made of a number of outbreaks of other diseases in- 

 cluding hog cholera, blackleg or symptomatic anthrax, anthrax, actinomycosis, 

 tuberculosis among swine, and mange among horses. 



Sixth annual report of the Minnesota State Live Stock Sanitary Board 

 for the year ending July 31, 1909 {Ann. Rpt. Minn. Live Stock Sanit. Bd., 6 

 (1909), PI). .'I'l). — The method of dealing with tuberculosis in other countries 

 is briefly reviewed and followed by a descrii)tion of the method used in Minne- 

 sota, and the progress made. It is stated that the average losses to the whole- 

 sale butchers in Minnesota coming under government inspection will total at 

 least $50,000 per year. 



The total number of glandered horses destroyed was almost one-half less 

 than in any previous year. An outbreak of anthrax resulted in the death of 

 40 hogs and 4 head of cattle. An outbreak of mechanical bronchitis in hogs in 

 Waseca County appeared to have been due to the inhalation of pollen from 

 clover. A number of outbreaks of infectious anemia or swamp fever of horses 

 were investigated during the year, but this disease still seems to be unknown 

 in the southern section of the State. The outbreaks of hemorrhagic septicemia 

 were not as prevalent as formerly, and only a few outbreaks of vesicular exan- 

 thema were experienced. Rabies, blackleg, Johne's disease, avian tuberculosis, 

 ergotism, hog cholera, suspected poisoning, strongylosis, lymphangitis, and 

 other diseases, are considered in the re]iort of the bacteriologist. 



Seventh annual report of the state board of live stock commissioners of 

 Ohio, T. L. Calvekt, P. Fischer, and M. B. Lamb {Ann. Rpt. Bd. Live Stock 

 Comrs. Ohio, 7 {1908), pp. 32, i)Is. 3, figs. 12).— The localities in the State in 

 which foot rot, epizootic lymphangitis, glanders or farcy, hog cholera, nodular 

 disease in sheep due to GEsophagostoma colmnbianum, rabies, mange in horses, 

 scab in sheep, and tuberculosis in cattle occurred during the year are shown by 

 means of maps. During the year 12 horses were destroyed on account of 

 glanders and 29 dairy cows on account of tuberculosis. 



Annual report of the state veterinarian of Wyoming' for the year end- 

 ing September 30, 1908, W. F. Pflaeging {Ann. Rpt. State Vet. Wyo., 190S, 

 pp^ 2^), — Outbreaks of glanders occurred in G counties; in Bighorn County the 

 disease has been prevalent for 4 or 5 years, having been introduced by a rail- 

 way grading outfit. An outbreak of anthrax near the border line resulted in 

 the loss of 100 head of cattle in the State and over 700 head in South Dakota. 

 Necrotic stomatitis is the most serious swine disease in Wyoming at the pres- 

 ent time; in one locality 42 hogs and iu another 27 hogs being destroyed. 



Lip and leg ulceration of sheep was prevalent in 6 counties. The quarantine 

 for scabies in sheep was raised from the State and with the exception of in- 



