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mittee on intelligence and education recommended greater uniformity in veterinary 

 curricula and sui^erviaion of instruction in all colleges. In accordance with these 

 views a resolution was passed instructing the committee on intelligence and educa- 

 tion to examine into the organization of veterinary colleges and State examining 

 boards. The committee on diseases gave in its report a resume of present knowledge 

 concBBning anthrax. It was stated that protective vaccination has been found very 

 effective. Live animals are considered more likely to spread infection than carcasses. 

 The committee on army legislation reported failure in securing the desired legisla- 

 tion for army veterinary service, and it was suggested that for the present little hope 

 could be extended for introducing any change in the organization of the veterinary 

 corps of the Army. The State secretaries of the association reported a very satisfac- 

 tory condition of the State veterinary associations and of veterinary work in the 

 various States. 



J. J. Repp read a paper on Ulcerative Anovulvitis of Cattle. The disease may 

 occur in a mild or a severe form, resulting sometimes in death. In males the anus 

 only is affected. The disease spreads rapidly, so as to include the whole herd. The 

 period of incubation appears to be about one week. The ulcers are not deep, the 

 lymphatic glands are somewhat swollen, and the symptoms as a whole render the dis- 

 ease easily differentiated from exanthema. The mortality in the experience of Dr. 

 Eepp was about 2 percent. Treatment may be of a curative or preventive nature. 

 Affected animals may be treated by disinfection and antiseptic washes. Heifers 

 affected with the disease are rendered unfit for breeding purposes. 



S. D. Brimhall read a paper on Hemorrhagic Septicpemia in Cattle. The disease is 

 due to Bacillus hovisepticus. Details were given on the isolation and culture of the 

 organism. The disease may resemble anthrax, blackleg, or poisoning, but can be 

 differentiated by microscopic examination. It is usually of sudden termination, and 

 little opportunity is given for treatment. Carcasses should be burned. About 80 

 outbreaks were reported from ]Minnesota, and the disease is known in South Dakota 

 and Wisconsin. The chief symptoms were swelling in various parts of the body and 

 bloody discharges from the intestines, with temperature varying from 98 to 106° F. 

 The author believed that so-called cornstalk disease was in a large percentage of 

 cases to be included under hemorrhagic septica?mia. 



C. Schmitt discussed Barrenness in Bovines, reviewing the various causes of steril- 

 ity, and suggesting remedies which have proved successful in his practice; and W. C. 

 Eayen considered Texas Fever and its Relation to the Live Stock Interests of Ten- 

 nessee. The topography of Tennessee in relation to the distribution of Texas fever 

 was described in detail. The author spoke of annoymg defects in the stock laws of 

 the State. As a means of combating Texas fever the destruction of ticks was recom- 

 mended, as well as other quarantine measures. 



F. A. Rich discussed the subject of Equisetum Poison, which will l)e noted later 

 from his report in Vermont Station Bulletin 95; and N. S. ]Mayo presented a paper 

 on Poisonous Stock Foods. Poisonous plants were divided into two classes, those 

 causing immediate effects and those whose effects are manifested only after some 

 time. Brief notes were given on various ptomaines and alkaloids as well as chem- 

 ical substances, such as nitrate of potash, silica, etc., which may be taken up from 

 the soil. A number of serious cases of poisoning were mentioned which were attrib- 

 uted to Riimex altissimiis, blue vervain, flaxseed chaff, common yarrow, and cockle- 

 burs. The tall dock is thought to have caused the death of 42 cattle, 3 calves died 

 apparently from eating blue vervain, 6 colts from eating yarrow, and a number of 

 hogs from eating cockleburs. Thirty-seven hogs were also reported to have died 

 from eating too much rye. 



^lalaria in the Horse was the subject of a paper by F. Torrance. The disease 

 exists in Manitoba, ^Minnesota, and North Dakota. It is characterized by a progres- 

 sive anemia, and animals may die in from 2 weeks to 3 or 4 months. The mucous 

 membranes are pallid and the legs and undersurface of the body become swollen. 



