to 



BE PORT ON DOUBINE. 



TABLE II contd. 



Showing the period which elapsed between covering or inoculation and the 

 appearance of the primary cutaneous plaque contd. 



Experimental Dourine. 



Conclusions. From the above experiments in several breeds of 

 equines we may conclude that the period which elapsed between 

 covering or inoculation and the appearance of the primary cutaneous 

 plaque varied between 24 and 34 days, but in 6 out of 7 cases 

 it was between 30 and 34 days. Further, the results show that an 

 animal (mare No. V) need not of necessity exhibit any plaques and 

 yet succumb to the disease. 



(Ill) The period of the disease during which the eruption of 

 plaques takes place. In two out of three mares which succumbed 

 to Dourine, the intervals during which the eruption of plaques took 

 place were 138 and 148 days respectively. The third animal 



