DISEASES OF CATTLE 223 



the digestion and general health ; hence sunshine, open air, exercise, 

 nourishing food and tonics are indicated. 



LIST OF PUBLICATIONS ABRIDGED ABOVE. 



Abortion in Cattle: North Dakota Agr. Exp. Sta. Bulletin 54. 



Contagious Abortion in Montana: Montana Agr. Exp. Sta. 

 Bulletin 49. 



Infectious Abortion in Cows: Virginia Agr. Exp. Sta. Bul- 

 letins 13 and 2 Vol. I (New Series). 



Contagious Abortion in Cattle: Arizona Agr. Exp. Sta. Bul- 

 letins 57 and 65. 



The Prevalence, Cause and Treatment of Abortion, Milk Fever 

 and Garget: New Jersey Agr. Exp. Sta. Bulletin 127. 



The Review of Prof. Bang's Work With Contagious Abor- 

 tion: Michigan Agr. Exp. Sta. Special Bulletin 13. 



Contagious Abortion of Cows: Illinois Agr. Exp. Sta. Bulle- 

 tin 152. 



Common Ailments of Breeding Cattle : Georgia Agr. Exp. Sta. 

 Bulletin 60. 



Abortion or Slinking of the Calf : Bureau of Animal Industry, 

 U. S. Dept. Agr. Circular 67. 



Milk Fever, Its Causes, Symptoms and Successful Treatment: 

 Virginia Agr. Exp. Sta, Bulletin 158. 



Milk Fever: Mississippi Agr. Exp. Sta. Bulletin 71. 



Milk Fever: New Jersey Agr. Exp. Sta. Bulletin 127. 



Milk Fever, Its Prevention and Successful Treatment: South 

 Carolina Agr. Exp. Sta. Bulletin 139. 



Parturient Paralysis and the Schmidt Treatment: Iowa Agr. 

 Exp. Sta. Bulletin 58. 



Parturient Apoplexy: Indiana Agr. Exp. Sta. Bulletins 17 

 and 62. 



Milk Fever, Its Simple and Successful Treatment: Farmer's 

 Bulletin, U. S. Dept. Agr. 206. 



Scours in New-Born Calves: North Dakota Agr. Exp. Sta. 

 Bulletin 54. 



Calf Scours: A New Method of Treatment: South Carolina 

 Agr. Exp. Sta. Bulletin 122. 



Special Report on the Diseases of Cattle: Bureau of Animal 

 Industry, U. S. Dept. Agr., Washington, D. C. 



INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF CATTLE. 

 The importance to the farmer and stock raiser of a general 

 knowledge of the nature of infectious diseases need not be insisted 

 on, as it must be evident to all who have charge of farm animals. 

 The growing facilities for intercourse between one section of a coun- 

 try and another, and between different countries, cause a wide dis- 

 tribution of the infectious diseases once restricted to a definite local- 

 ity. Not only the animals themselves, but the cars, vessels, or other 

 conveyances in which they are carried may become agents for the 

 dissemination of disease. The growing tendency of specialization 

 in agriculture, which leads to the maintenance of large 'herds of 



