1918.1 PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 31. 61a 



DEPARTMENT OF VETERINARY SCIENCE. 



JAMES B. PAIGE. 



During the past year, in addition to carrying on the usual 

 activities involved in the receipt and examination of specimens 

 of pathological material constantly coming in, reporting upon the 

 findings, and the usual correspondence incident to the work of 

 the department among the stock owners of the State, there have 

 been maintained three different lines of control and investiga- 

 tional work, namely : — 



1. Testing of fowl for the detection of bacillary white diar- 

 rhoea. 



2. Investigations relative to Bacterium pidloniin infection. 



.3. The value of anti-hog cholera serum in the prevention of 

 hog cholera. 



1. Testing of Fowl for the Detection of Bacillary 

 White Diarrhoea. 



The blood testing has been done by Dr. J. B. Lentz, Dr. 

 C. T. Buchholz and Dr. G. E. Gage. It was carried on by Dr. 

 Lentz until July 1, when he enlisted in the national service for 

 the duration of the war. He is now on leave of absence. Dr. 

 Buchholz took charge of the work on July 1, continuing with it 

 until September 15, when he resigned from the department to 

 engage in general veterinary practice. At this date there was 

 a suspension of the testing until it was taken up by Dr. Gage 

 on October 22, and carried on throughout the remainder of the 

 year. 



Notwithstanding the several breaks and interruptions in the 

 work during the year the records on file in the department show 

 that there were collected and tested blood samples from 13,531 



