52 a EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



DEPARTMENT OF VETERINARY SCIENCE. 



JAMES B. PAIGE. 



The policies adopted several years ago for the conduct of 

 the work in the veterinary department have been adhered 

 to during the past year in so far as the unusual conditions 

 of war have permitted. Two lines of work of an experimental 

 character have been considerably disturbed by war conditions. 

 These are referred to in detail below. 



As usual there has been received in the department a large 

 number of letters from stock owners throughout the State 

 asking for information regarding the cause and nature of 

 diseases that have appeared among their domestic animals, 

 together with requests for suggestions as to the treatment and 

 suppression of the same. In every instance these communica- 

 tions have been answered by letter, and, in many instances, 

 bulletins from one source or another have been sent, giving 

 more detailed information than could be furnished by letter. 



In addition to the correspondence referred to above there 

 has come to the department about the usual number of speci- 

 mens from sick or dead animals, with a request that an exami- 

 nation be made of the material for purposes of diagnosis and 

 the suggestion of a line of treatment for the cure of the disease 

 or the prevention of its spread to other animals on the farm. 

 In most instances the examination of this material has enabled 

 us to give to the stock owner information that has been of 

 distinct benefit to him in dealing with the particular disease 

 in question. It will be understood, of course, that in some 

 instances, on account of the selection of the specimen for 

 examination by the layman not familiar with pathological 

 conditions, the preservation and packing of the same for 

 transportation, delays in transportation and consequent de- 



