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It is the belief of Dr. Stange and the writer that there never 

 was any infection of glanders in this shipment of fine young 

 Iowa horses. 



Mr. Beischel who suffered this great loss, and the loss from 

 quarantine of his horses and premises, which put him out of the 

 horse business for the year, has filed a claim for loss and damage 

 before the Canadian Government with, we believe, good prospects 

 of recovering. Mr. Bieschel and the people of Saskatchewan gen- 

 erally felt very grateful to the Governor of Iowa, and this Depart- 

 ment for the investigation made, and shipments from this state to 

 Canada since that time have been received with less question, and 

 emigrants from this state have received better treatment and have 

 been subjected to less delay at the port of entry than prior to our 

 visit there. 



DOURINE. 



On May 15, 1911, we received a letter from Dr. Wm. Readhead 

 of Lenox, Iowa, stating that some disease apparently contagious 

 or infectious affecting stallions and mares existed in Platte town- 

 ship, Taylor county, and that the township trustees desired an in- 

 vestigation by this Department. We at once communicated with 

 Dr. A. H. Quin, Assistant State Veterinarian, Creston, Iowa, re- 

 questing him to proceed to Lenox and consult with Dr. Readhead 

 and examine the stock in question. 



On May 19th, we received a report from Dr. Quin to the effect 

 that he believed the disease in question to be dourine. We at once 

 communicated with Dr. S. H. Bauman of Birmingham, Iowa, who 

 had charge of the quarantine work in a previous outbreak of 

 dourine in Van Buren county requesting him to go at once to 

 Creston, and in company with Dr. Quin to examine the animals in 

 question with a view to confirming the diagnosis. Dr. Bauman 

 did so and after careful examination of several animals agreed 

 with the diagnosis of Dr. Quin, and on May 24th Drs. Quin and 

 Bauman. reported in person at this office. 



We then took steps to enlist the aid of the Bureau of Animal 

 Industry at Washington, D. C. They responded promptly and 

 have continued with us in th,e work up to the writing of this 

 report. 



A number of stallions and mares have been destroyed. The 

 following letter from Dr. A. D. Melvin, Chief of the Bureau of 

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