No. 4.] REPORT OF CATTLE BUREAU. 303 



Two horses Averc killed which the Commonwealth had to 

 pay for, — 1 in Fall River and 1 in Lawrence. 



The horse in Fall River was condemned as having farcy, 

 and reacted when tested with mallein ; but upon autopsy no 

 internal lesions of glanders could be found, and it was nec- 

 essary to settle with the owner. As it was quite a good 

 animal, it cost $200 to settle the case. 



The horse in Lawrence was killed in January, 1904. It 

 was previously owned by the Lowell fire department, and 

 was first reported as a case of glanders in the autunui of 

 1903. Repeated guinea pig tests were negative, and the 

 animal was released from quarantine. Later it was bought 

 by a stable keeper in Lawrence, and was quarantined by the 

 inspector of animals in that city. Guinea pigs inoculated 

 from the discharge from its nose failed to develop glanders, 

 and the horse when tested with mallein failed to react to the 

 test ; but the inspector of animals of Lawrence was positive 

 the animal had glanders, and if it had been released it would 

 have caused a great deal of criticism, having also been once 

 quarantined and released in Lowell. It would have been 

 traded around if released in Lawrence, and would have 

 been again suspected of having glanders and quarantined 

 somewhere else. For these reasons it seemed good public 

 policy to have it killed, even if the Chief of the Cattle 

 Bureau and his assents believed the animal to be free from 

 glanders. The owner agreed to accept $100 as the value 

 of the horse if it proved to be free from glanders. Upon 

 post-mortem examination no lesions of glanders could be 

 found ; the animal was simply suffering from pus in the left 

 frontal sinus. Two small nodules were found in the lungs, 

 but upon microscopic examination these were found to be 

 due to a small Avorm encysted in the lung tissue. The 

 owner was, therefore, paid for the horse. 



Two cases of malignant tumors have been reported during 

 the year as glanders or farcy. One of these was quaran- 

 tined in Cambridge on suspicion of having farcy. It was 

 decided to be not a case of this disease ; but, as it was evi- 

 dent the animal must succumb before long to the trouble, 

 the owner was requested to notify the Cattle Bureau's agent 



