434 REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 



Steer No, 3. This animal died on Mr. Charles Poole's farm on September 2, about 

 noon. The examination was undertaken about two hours later. Its temperature 

 about one hour and. a half before dying was 106, taken at two separate trials. Its 

 eye swere inflamed and whitened ; after death tiieir interior appeared opaque and 

 yellowish. When first seen the animal was standing in the pasture ; it had previ- 

 ously been lying down and had paroxysmal attacks, from one of which it afterward 

 died". The animal, though the flanks were tucked up, was moderately fat. The fat 

 had an orange-yellow tinge. The spleen was enlarged and tumid with blood of 

 black-red color, and of blackberry-jam consistency. The liver had a heavy waxy 

 feel, and a decidedly yellowish color. The gall-bladder was normal in size and full 

 of bile. The kidneys were overlooked. The urine was very high-colored but not 

 bloody or wine-colored. The abomasum had some slightly reddened patches on the 

 mucous coat ; no ulcerations were seen. The rumen was impacted. The small in- 

 testines contained occasional dark spots, about as large as the head of a lead pencil. 

 The prominency of some portions of the villous surface were injected with blood, so 

 that a reddened appearance was presented, The patches of inflammation were de- 

 cidedly more abundant in the ileum than in the jejunum. The duodenum was 

 blackened on its villous surface, and a slight decomposition had set in. The odor 

 was fetid. The lungs contained some blood spots, which appeared to have been 

 made about the time of death. Some scattered lobules were collapsed. One side 

 was emphysematous. The thoracic walls near the diaphragm were roughened as if 

 from inflammation as in case No. 2. The heart showed blood-red spots which fol- 

 lowed the direction of the muscles beneath the pericardium. These were more 

 abundant on the left side toward the apex. Washed clots stained with yellow were 

 found in each half. The surface of the lungs was stained yellow. The fauces were 

 dark and inflamed, but this inflammation did not extend into the trachea. 



Heifer No. 4. The fourth animal examined belonged to Mr. Darius Devilbiss, 

 and died the night before September 4, the day of examination, in the field into 

 which the 72 head of cattle were first driven. The examination took place about 

 11 o'clock, but the morning had been rainy and cold so that decomposition had not 

 set in to any great extent. She was one of the original drove, and like others of 

 that lot carried a large number of ticks. 



The abdominal cavity contained rather more than a normal amount of serous 

 fluid. This fluid was Vather dark. One portion of the mesentery appeared as 

 though there were some peritonitis present. The fat was of an orange-yellow 

 color. The spleen was enlarged, but the color was nearly normal. The liver 

 had a yellowish cast; it was beginning to decompose on its concave surface, and 

 more especially towards that part which was next the duodenum. The gall-blad- 

 der was tumid and somewhat larger than normal. The left kidney was very 

 dark colored (from decomposition) on the outside, but apparently sound in the cen- 

 tral portion. The bladder contained about a gallon of claret- colored urine. The 

 omasum or manifolds was impacted. The abornasum or fourth stomach was nor- 

 mal. The left lung was normally contracted, but the right was full and spongy. 

 It presented a yellowish tinge on section, but looked bright. The heart presented 

 bright red spots underneath the epicardial serous membrane. These spots had their 

 longest dimension in the direction of the muscles, and were more abundant in the 

 left portion near the apex. There were clots in each side of the heart, and that on 

 the left side was slightly washed. The pericardial sac contained an excess of red- 

 dish-tinged fluid. The fauces presented but little inflammation. 



Cow No. 5. This animal was a native cow, and the third that had died of sim- 

 ilar symptoms on George Norris' farm. The only possible contact of Mr. Norris' 

 cattle with the infected herd was either by the brook or across the fence as else- 

 where described. The animal died 011 the night of September 4. Her temperature, 

 taken the forenoon before, was 103 F., but in the afternoon it was 106 F. This 

 cow, like the other two, had the habit, during the last days of sickness, of press- 

 ing her head against the wall at times; she was very weak and showed some pain 

 when lying down. The examination was made about 9 o'clock a. m. The carcass 

 was but little if any decomposed. The spleen was enlarged, and had the black- 

 berry-jam-like appearance. This spleen showed a marbled appearance of the sur- 

 face, with the mottling varying between the normal gray appearance and that due 

 to the blood showing through the serous membrane. The liver seemed slightly en- 

 larged and with a yellowish tinge, but this was not as marked as in No. 4. The 

 gall-bladder and surrounding tissues were stained with bile. The fat was of the 

 orange-yellow tinge. The kidneys were enlarged and had acute congestion. The 

 bladder was very full, over one gallon of dark claret-colored fluid being present. 



The intestines were more inflamed than any previous case. The fourth stomach 

 had all its mucous coat congested. The animal had been drenched the day before 

 with glauber salts, and this may have given rise to this appearance. The third 



