Y2 THE DISEASES OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 



Pulmonary tuberculosis in one goat and 235 cattle. 



Perlsucht, or tuberculosis of the serosaa 197 " 



Tuberculosis of the liver 29 " 



Tuberculosis of the udder 1 " 



Tuberculosis of the bones 2 " 



Abscess in the lungs 45 " 



Pleuro-pneumonia 20 " 



Echinococcus of the lungs 44 " 



Echinococcus of the liver 10 " 



Induration of the liver 264 " 



Distoma hepaticum 219 " 



Icterus 20 calves. 



Nephritis, suppurative 12 cattle. 



Abscess in udder and mastitis 8 " 



Scabies 242 sheep. 



Osteomalacia 9 cattle. 



Measles 4 swine. 



Slunk veal 57 calves. 



Nauseous appearance of flesh in one swine and 25 " 



"Department veterinarian Pauli reports* that 12,585 kilo- 

 grammes of flesh were officially destroyed at the investigation sta- 

 tions in Berlin from 18TT to 1878. Further, 1,646 cattle, 2,027 

 swine, 235 calves, and 714 sheep, were killed in the police slaughter- 

 house to determine their hygienic condition. Of these, 213 cattle, 

 643 swine, 196 calves, and 382 sheep were found unfit for food. Of 

 the 213 cattle, 49 suffered from general ' tuberculosis and initial 

 emaciation,' 46 'from general tuberculosis and cachexia,' and 22 

 'from tuberculosis, general hydrops, and cachexia,' and 85 swine 

 were found measly. In 998 cattle, 1,466 swine, 8 calves, and 107 

 sheep were found single diseased organs, which forbade using the 

 flesh for human food." 



There is no subject more urgently requiring the attention of 

 boards of health and the people than this. 



However important trichiniasis may be, this far exceeds it. The 

 few experiments which have been made should be repeated by hun- 

 dreds — yes, thousands, if necessary — by carefully selected men, and 

 at the expense of the State, until this question is forever settled ^ro 

 or con. 



"While this is being done, competent veterinarians (not empirics) 

 should be engaged by the respective State boards of health to gather 

 reliable statistics with reference to the extension of tubei'culosis 

 among the cattle of each State. 



It would be well that the National Board of Health instigate the 

 work. 



* "Mittheil. aus d. Thieriirzt. Praxis," 1877-78, p. 99. 



