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A CASE OF OVINE HAAMORRHAGIC SEPTICEMIA. 
A show sheep in fine condition 10 months old, which ar- © 
rived from Canada about the middle of February, was 
noticed sick February 17th, died on the 18th. This animal 
was examined on the 17th about 4p.m. The patient show- 
ed peculiar breathing there being two or three short, moder- 
ately full respirations and then a considerable interval, 
Respirations were not very rapid, and quite unlike an or- 
dinary pneumonia. Neither nasal discharge nor cough was 
noticed. Temperature and pulse were not taken. This was 
supposed to be acase of common catarrh and not thought 
serious. The animal died very unexpectedly. 
Autopsy.—Several bright, sharply defined hzemorrhagic 
areas were found on the inner surface of the skin, after re- 
- moving an excessive amount of fat. There were no hzmorr- 
hages on the superficial muscles. The small intestines were 
evenly and generally congested but this was comparatively 
slight. No heorrhage upon any portion of the alimentary 
tract. Lungs were as if they had been taken from a hog 
during an outbreak of hog cholera and swine plague, and 
wer: typical of the latter disease. The collapsed areas 
amounted to probably one-third of the entirelung substance. 
The heart. showed extensive hemorrhagic infiltrations 
especially the auricles. Report from Dr. Wesbrook, director 
of the Bacteriological Laboratory of the State Board of 
Health, was to the effect that pure cultures of Bacillus 
bovisepticus were recovered. 
SUPPOSED MILK FEVER CASE. 
A Jersey cow, high dairy type, belonging to the Univer- 
sity Experimental Farm, calved May 28. She was noticed 
sick on May 29, and when seen by the writer had lost volun- 
tary control of the limbs; skinsensation was poor over most 
of the body surface. She was rather quiet with the head in 
the flank, and the usual retention of feces and urine. Iodide 
of potassium 10 gramms was dissolyed in a quart of warm 
water at 10:30 a.m. May 29th. One-fourth of this was in-. 
jected into each gland. This treatment apparently had very 
