DISEASES OF CATTLE. 71 



litter also died. I found tuberculosis in one of them, and the owner 

 told me that the other, and another of an older litter which was 

 with them, and fed on the same milk, were also found tuberculous 

 on being examined. 



Unfortunately, in this country, there are not at present any sta- 

 tistics with reference to the extension which this disease has attained 

 among our cattle, and the same is almost true with reference to other 

 lands. The following meager statistics may not, however, be with- 

 out interest to the reader : 



Statistics w t ith reference to Tuberculosis among Bavarian 

 Cattle for the Tear 1877. 



Tuberculous. 



Males 809. Females 4,107. 



1-62 to the 1,000. 



64 under one year, or 1*31 per cent. 



528 from one to three years, or 10'81 " 



1,846 from three to six years, or 37'80 " 



2,445 over six years, or 50 - 07 " 



Goring, " Zeitschrift fur Thierheilkunde," 4, 286. 



From January 1 to December 31, 1874, were killed at Augsburg, 

 Bavaria, 11,331 cattle (calves excluded) ; of these 134 were tubercu- 

 lous, 1*18 per cent ; 42 males (13 bulls and 29 steers); 92 females. 

 Of the whole number slaughtered, about one third were males and 

 two thirds females. 



For the year 1876 were killed 13,241 cattle and 25,909 calves. 

 Of these, 250 were found tuberculous ; viz., 243 cattle over one 

 year old, one calf three weeks old. 



The percentage for 1876 was 1'84 ; for 1875, 1-40 ; for 1874, 

 1-18 ; for 1873, 1-02 ; for 1872, 1-27. For 1876, 75 males and 168 

 females. Of the males, 39 were castrated and 36 were not. 



Statistics of Diseases found among Animals slaughtered at 



Munich in 1874. 



"Whole number slaughtered at the public shambles : 



Oxen 231 



Cows and steers 5,290 



Calves 4,201 



Sheep 1,563 



Swine 303 



Of the frequent diseases were observed : 



Cattle J 



