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distillery swill which had been sterilized by boiling, he could 

 only account for it by the cattle eating the hay or straw used 

 for their bedding, and thus getting the spores introduced into 

 the mouth. 



TEXAS FEVER. 

 (Views of Professor Ostertag.) 



He mentioned that Texas fever was introduced into Ham- 

 burg from the United States, and they feared its introduction 

 into Germany. I gave my opinion that it was very improbable 

 that it would cross the ocean, that the ticks died if exposed 

 to a low temperature ; frost kills the ticks. Apart from these 

 considerations the quarantine of the United States is so efficient 

 under Dr. Salmon's administration, that it is not in the least 

 likely that cattle suffering from this disease will be exported, 

 and even if the disease should be introduced into Germany, I 

 believe the ticks would not live in the northern climate during 

 winter. The Professor's idea, however, was that as the cattle 

 would be kept in warm stables, the ticks might live and the 

 germ would do so too. 



I replied that considering that such importations would be 

 made for immediate slaughter the risks were very slight ; that 

 in fact although Canada is separated only by an imaginary 

 line from the United States, yet the full knowledge we have 

 secured of the disease prevents our having the least fear of 

 its introduction into Canada. Our cold winters and the ad- 

 mirable quarantine measures by which southern cattle are 

 controlled in the United States minimize the danger. 



RABIES. 



GREAT BRITAIN. 



This disease is reported to occur occasionally in dogs and 

 other animals. As will be seen by reference to the official 

 report for the month ending February igth, 1898, there 

 occurred in England and Wales two outbreaks in which sixty 

 animals were destroyed. 



In Scotland there were none. In Ireland two outbreaks in 

 dogs, two in other animals, and four were destroyed. 



