PART IX. 
EXTRACTS FROM 
STATE VETERINARY SURGEON'S 
REPORT OF 1908. 
SIXTH BIENNIAL REPORT. 
PAUL O. KOTO, State Veterinary Surgeon. 
INTRODUCTORY. 
In compliance with the statutes directing the proceedings of 
this department, I submit herewith the Sixth Biennial Report for 
the period ending June 30, 1908. 
While there have been no serious outbreaks of infectious dis- 
eases among live stock in Iowa the past term, the results accom- 
plished during this period have been more than beneficial to the 
live stock interests, and adequate measures are in force to prevent 
epidemics of contagious diseases, as well as to protect the state at 
large from general infection through any diseased stock. This 
department has taken its place prominently among kindred depart- 
ments of other states and within the precincts of the government 
Bureau of Animal Industry. 
The establishment of an office at the Capitol, and attending ben- 
fits through close association with the state administration, have 
accomplished much towards placing the department in closer touch 
with the public interests. 
Competent assistants, w^hose duties lie in seeking and main- 
taining the welfare of their respective districts, have worked har- 
moniously with the Veterinary Surgeon, and have ahvays rendered 
