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13. Most successful, (lisexse instantly and entirely leaving the herd. 



14. About 2,000 inoculated cattle were sent from this herd, in July, 18C5, to Melbourne. 

 Among them were about fort}' or fifty got in from back that had been missed at 

 inoculation. All were sent and travelled together. About 50 per cent, of those that 

 had not been inociilated died from pleuro on road over, and none of those that had 

 been inoculated died from that cause. The cattle travelled through country about 

 , wliere pleuro was bad at the time. 



1j. I should say most certainlj' not. 



170. 



I. September, 1367. 



3. 420. 



4. About one-tenth showing disease at the time, and believe that all those seriously 



aftected with disease at the time they were inoculated died. I consider it certain 

 death to inoculate any animal with the disease in an advanced state. 



5. About six months, i.e., the disease had appeared in the herd for six months previously. 

 12. The disease disappeared sooner from this herd than from the herd of my neighbour, 



who did not inoculate. 



14. Every beast slaughtered showed signs of having had the disease. Whether they had 

 had the disease before they were inoculated, or whether or not it M'as the effect of 

 inoculation, I am unable to determine. The disease of pleuro-pneumonia has not 

 appeared in this herd since freed, which I attribute to having inoculated. The straggling 

 cattle in the herd which were not inoculated nearl}- all died. I believe my neighbour, 

 who has not inoculated his herd, is now free from disease, and believe it has passed 

 thi-ough the entire herd, that is to sa}', those remaining have had it and recovered. 

 As to compelling people in this neighbourhood to inoculate, it would be an utter 

 imj)ossibility , as there is no virus to be had, and it will not keep for use more than two 

 days. 



I am of opinion that inoculation is heueficial. and that all infected herds ought to be 

 inoculated. 



171. 



1. 27th October, 1868, uioculated thirty-six head, and 22nd Februarv, 1S69, niuetv head. 



3. 126. 



4. The first lot of thirty-six were perfectly sound at the time of inoculation ; the beast 

 killed for virus was taken from another paddock in which the ninety head were running. 



5. The first case of disease was eight months prior to inoculation, the disease then seemed 



to disai>pear, and broke out again seven months aftcrwai'ds, about a month previous to 

 the last inoculation. 



12. Out of the first thirty-six only one died ; of the ninety, nine died. Only one was 

 treated for the swelling by ripping it open, and that died. 



13. There has been but one case of disease since, and that was one of about a dozen 

 iminoculated c ittle which were running in the same paddock with the diseased and 

 inoculated cattle. 



II. With one exception the disease cerfa'nly stopped immediatelj^ after the inoculation; 



but it would not be fair to attribute it wholly to that cause, because the iminoculated 

 cattle did not take it, except the one mentioned. I have come to the conclusion that 

 cither the disease is not so prevalent in this district, or that it is not so contagious as 

 it is represented to be, otherwise more than one out of twelve uninoculated cattle, 

 running with ninety inoculated ones and tlu-ee diseased ones, should have taken the 

 disease. 



15. Yes, certainly. 



172. 



1. October, 1863. 



3. About COO. 



4. Before inoculation a great number died, and at time of inoculation we think about 

 10 per cent, showed symptoms of disease. 



5. About twelve months. 



12. We think about I per cent, died after inoculation. "We did not try to cure the swellings. 



13. The disease appeared to leave the herd, as after inoculaticm scarcely any died. 



1 {. Diseased travelling cattle have passed through the run since ours were moculated, but 



they did not take it again. 

 1 5. We tliink, from our own experience of inoculation, that it would be a good thing if an 



Act to that effect were passed. 



173. 



1. Al)out Februavv, 1863. 

 y. 800. 



4. About 1 per cent, were diseased, i.e., showing symptoms. Cattle may, I believe, bo 

 diseased a few d-iys before it would be noticeable, unless they were knocked about. 



5. About three months, during wliich time 500 died. 



