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state live stock sanitary board five hundred and twenty-seven head 

 of animals were received during 1910, suspected of rabies. Of 

 these four hundred and eight were from dogs, and three hundred 

 and thirty-Hvc proved to he positive. The brains of six cats, five 

 horses, six hogs, three human beings, one mule, one sheep, one 

 deer and one goat were examined, with positive results in fifteen 

 out of the twenty-four cases. During the years 1905 to 1909 in- 

 clusive, the brains of seven hundred and thirty-one animals were 

 examined with positive results in five hundred and fifty-six cases. 

 These figiires do not include an}^ experimental animals." 



Vermont, p. 153: "Xo cases of rabies have ever been reported 

 in Vermont." 



Wisconsin, p. 155: ''Rabies: — There was a marked increase 

 in the number of cases reported during the last year." 



Wyoming, p. 156: "An outbreak of rabies occurred in the 

 vicinity of Cheyenne during which two persons were bitten by 

 rabid dogs, but prompt submission to the Pasteur treatment pre- 

 vented any loss of life. Laboratory examination of suspected cases 

 demonstrated the existence of the disease, which, followed by a 

 city muzzling ordinance checked any further occurrence." 



United States in General, p. 163 : "Rabies continues to spread 

 and is now found in nearly every part of the United States. In 

 some localities it is suppressed by eflfective muzzling ordinances 

 with destruction of all unmuzzled dogs found on the highways. 

 The disease has not been so prevalent in most of the states in 

 the western third of the United States as during the year previous 

 but in the central states the condition has been more serious. 

 "Tlicre is a laboratory in Kansas City in which anti-rabic vaccine 

 is prepared and sent out, not only for the purpose of vaccinating 

 against rabies in persons, but also in animals. The price for the 

 course of the treatment in persons is fift}' dollars and in animals 

 twenty-five dollars. A dose is sent each day. This laboratory is 

 in charge of Dr. V. Nisbet. There may be other laboratories doing 

 the same." 



Ca]iada, p. 164: "A few cases of rabies have existed in south- 

 western Ontario during the past six months but the disease may 

 be considered under control. No cases have ap]iearc(l in ether 

 sections of Canada." 



In regard to the intra-dermal mctliod of tuberculin testing the 

 following is quoted from the report of the Committee on Diseases : 



"Dr. D. F. Luckey, state veterinarian of Missouri, is giving 

 the intra-dermal test in cattle a practical test in his state work. 

 The following is an abstract from a recent letter which I give 

 with his permission : 'We begun the use of the intradermal test 

 January last. We attempted to verify the results with subcuta- 

 neous test and further by post-mortem examinations. Wc had 

 occasion to give this test a severe trial aroinid Columbia and T 

 am glad to report that it apjiears to be a decided success, especial- 

 ly, during the summer months. I believe the intra-dcrm.-d lest will 



