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GERMANY. 



Hydrophobia is rarely met with in Germany, and is chiefly 

 found on the frontier of Russia and France. Professor 

 Ostertag said that he never saw a case of rabies, although he 

 had occupied his present position for many years. 



I never saw one in Canada my only acquaintance with it 

 being in laboratories in Europe during this visit. This is a 

 curious coincidence. 



The Professor asked me what I thought of reports of rabies 

 in cattle. I said "I believe that when it does occur in bovines 

 it is from their having been bitten by dogs " exactly my opin- 

 ion, he replied. 



I asked him what risk we ran in Canada by allowing the 

 importation of dogs from northern Europe to the Klondike 

 gold mines ? He didn't think that there was much risk. The 

 disease would be discovered en route in all probability. 



In this I could not concur as the period of incubation in 

 dogs is variable, and it might not develop till long after their 

 arrival at their destination. 



DENMARK. 



Rabies is unknown in this country. 



Professor Bang being asked if we were justified in allowing 

 the importation of dogs from northern Europe to the Klon- 

 dike advised strongly against it : " the risk," he said, '* is too 

 great." 



SUMMARY. 



In concluding this report, I beg to submit the following 

 summary deduced from observations and information obtained 

 during my hurried visit to Great Britain, France, Germany 

 and Denmark with special reference to contagious and inter- 

 communicable diseases of animals. 



GREAT BRITAIN. 



Contagious pleuro-pneumonia still lingers as is shown by the 

 discovery now and again of encysted lungs, although no out- 

 breaks have been reported recently. 



