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munizing swine from hog cholera is given in another part 

 of this report. 



Tuberculosis in swine is not at all uncommon; the cases 

 are generally discovered at the time of slaughter, and those 

 reported by boards of health or inspectors are enumerated on 

 another page. 



A few cattle have been quarantined with actinomycosis of 

 the jaw, but have been released with the advice to the owner 

 to fatten and dispose of the animals for beef before the jaw 

 of an infected animal became so diseased as to cause it to 

 emaciate. One case of actinomycosis of the udder was im- 

 mediately condemned and killed. As the lesions were con- 

 fined to the udder, the carcass was returned to the owner for 

 beef. 



Symptomatic anthrax or blackleg has been more prevalent 

 than usual during the past season, and outbreaks have oc- 

 curred in Wasliington, Princeton, Plubbardston, Westminster, 

 Templeton, Royalston, Barre, JSlorthfield, Montague, East- 

 hampton, Southampton and Granville. Fully 30 head of 

 young cattle have died in the infected pastures, and probably 

 more, as some cases may not have been reported, and nearly 

 200 head have been given the protective inoculation with 

 blacklegoids by agents of the Cattle Bureau. 



An outbreak of true anthrax occurred in Medford in July. 

 Five cows owned by one man and 2 owned by two other 

 persons died. These cattle were all within a quarter of a 

 mile of each other, and it is difficult to say which premises 

 the infection started on, but it was very likely conveyed by 

 flies from one man's premises to another. The man who 

 lost 5 cows had 1 left, which was later killed. The premises 

 were thoroughly disinfected and the place where the larger 

 number of cattle were kept was vacated for a while. Later, 

 2 cows were placed upon them and they remained well until 

 the end of November, when 1 died of anthrax; the second 

 one has since been killed, and then the stable floor was taken 

 up, the planks disinfected, the earth underneath covered with 

 quicklime to a depth of two inches, the manure buried after 

 covering it over with quicklime. The premises are now 

 vacant, except that a horse and some hens still remain there. 



