CONTAGIOUS DISEASES OF DOMESTICATED ANIMALS. 



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* Supposed Arkansas cattle, 

 t All of the trails at the west edge of Harper. 

 I All north of the railroad at Harper. 



It will be safe to say that 2,000 head of cattle died this year, in Harper and Barbour Counties, with 

 the southern cattle fever, and that the direct and indirect loss will not fall short of $75,400. 



GLANDERS AMONG HORSES. 



Before leaving Harper, I went northeast 11 miles to the residence of 

 Mr. Alexander Cheesman, to investigate the nature of a disease among 

 horses, supposed to be glanders. After arriving at the place, Mr. Chees- 

 man led the affected horses out of the stable. The first one I examined 

 ■was a ten-year-old horse belonging to Joseph Cheesman. This horse had 

 a discharge from both nostrils, of a greenish-yellow color ; considerable 

 tumefaction across the external surface of the nasal bones; dullness 

 ni)on percussion was manifest over the maxillary sinuses ; numerous 

 ulcers of various sizes were visible upon the nasal se|)tum, chancre-like, 

 and of a dirty yellowish color, with elevated serrated borders; milliary 

 tubercles appeared in clusters on the schneiderian membrane, extend- 

 ing as far up in the nasal cavity as I could see. Both the submaxill- 

 ary lymphatic glands were enlarged, hard, and nodular to the sense of 

 touch, but not strongly adherent to adjacent stru(5tures. An abscess 

 was in process of formation on the lower surface of the chest, one on the 

 inside of the right hind leg, another one on the molar bone, and one on 



