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](t. Vol. and Vir. 1(7. /></>/.. /.W7-N. /</». /// + /J + .V/// ).— I'art 1 of this 

 report is devotccl ti) v»'tcriiiary iiis|K'cti(>ii, iiart '2 to ihv treatUK'iit of disc^ase, 

 auil part 3 to breedinj^ operations. Aiiionj; the diseases nientioiied as having 

 occurred during the j-ear are glanders, surra, rinderpest, hemorrhagic septi- 

 cemia, foot-and-mouth disease, black quarter, anthrax, and rabies. Tables are 

 upiiended showing the miinber of deaths from contagious <liseases, results of 

 preventive inocnlations. number of animals treated, etc. 



Report of the civil veterinary department. Eastern Bengal and Assam, 

 for the year 1907-8, W. Harris et al. dipt. Civ. Vet. Dcpt., East. Bengal and 

 Aft.sdin. I'.i(n~s. iij). 2+17+2). — The work of the year is reported under the 

 headings of veterinary instruction, treatment of disease, preventive inocula- 

 tion, breeding operations, etc. Among the diseases reported ai"e glanders, 

 anthrax, surra, rinderpest, foot-and-mouth disease, hemorrhagic septicemia, and 

 black quarter. The deaths from contagious diseases, results from preventive 

 inoculation, number of animals treatetl, etc., are arranged in tabular form. 



Report of the principal veterinary surgeon, C. E. Gray {Transvaal Dept. 

 A;/r. Ann. Ritt., IHUd-l. pii. 10-s',, map J). — During the 12 months under report 

 East Coast fever, lung sickness, ulcerative lymphangitis, mange, and glanders 

 dec-reased. while scab and swine fever increased in prevalence. A system of 

 InsiK'ction of all dairy cows kei)t within nnmicipal areas is recommended. 



Report of the government veterinary bacteriologist, A. Theileb (Transvaal 

 Dept. Agr. Ann. Rpt., 1906-1', pp. 87-131). — From inoculation and tick experi- 

 ments it has been determined that I'iropJa.suia inntans does not belong to the life 

 cycle of /'. hegentiiniiii and that while the blue tick {Rhlpiceplialnx dceolorattis) 

 carries /'. bigeniinuni it does not carr.v /'. niutanfi. Experiments with English 

 redwater. which is probably due to P. boris of Europe, and South African red- 

 water <lue to /*. higeniinuni are reviewed, from which it appears that the dis- 

 eases are distinct. Further exi>eriments with nian.v variations were pex*- 

 formed in the attempt to transmit East Coast fever by means other than through 

 the metlium of ticks. As these all failetl there appears to be no way of arti- 

 ficially immunizing animals. 



The Tzaiieen virus used in the inoculation of mules against hoi'se sickness, for 

 some unaccountable reason became inert during the year and the ordinary 

 strain was resorted to. Since 1!K)."), S.KiCt mules have been inoculated with a 

 mortality of .'521) or .3.7 per cent. From statistics at hand it is estimate<l that 

 during the last season <>,7S.3 horses and noninoculated iiniles died. Further 

 investigations of horse sickness are reported. 



Ex|>erinients made show that equines can be inoculated against piroplas- 

 niosis with a small risk of mortality providing certain precautions are 

 observed. Virus obtained from the eleventh to eighteenth generations has been 

 uschI successfully in inoculating against blue tongue in sheep. It is stated that 

 the farmers are unanimous in testifying to the ellicacy of this vaccine. 



A dise;ise of s1i(H'|) known as gouw-ziekte which had appeared at repeati^l 

 intervals from 1!m»4 to T.MMi was inv(>stigated and is believed to be a specitic 

 disease. A dis<'ase known as stilT sickness or tlie ;i-days' sickness attacked cattle 

 In several localities but was of e|»henieral luitiu'e and did not cause serious 

 damage. There was an tnuisnal increase of XtnmgiihtK cfintnrtiis in many i)arts 

 of the Transviuil. Besides these wirewornis. (Esitpliagoxtouta cDliiinhianinn were 

 pres<'nt to a large extent. A detailed report is given of mi<'roscopic and anatom- 

 ical examinations. 



Animal diseases, Tr( kkk {Ann. h'jil. Itipt. Agr. mid StocI: {(Jiiccnslanil \. 

 i;K)7-f<. pp. I'l-IH). — A brief ai'c«innt is given of the diseases occurring dtiring the 

 year in sheejt. calves, and yoniii: stock, adult cattle. ln)rses. and pigs. I{(>dw,Mter 



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