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14. The cattle operated upon ran intermixed with those diseased. I cannot state whether 

 cattle exposed to the infection after proper inoculation were affected by it, for many of 

 my cattle, I am convinced, were not properly inoculated, and I could not distinguish 

 those which may have been properly inoculated from the others. I camiot point to 

 any circumstance which either proves or disproves the efficacy of inoculation. In my 

 case the disease was raging at least four months before I inoculated ; and it is 

 impossible to say whether I did not inoculate cattle in which the disease had already 

 set in. And to give the preventive a fair trial, it ought to be done the moment the 

 disease appears. It is only fair to state, however, that the disease disappeared aboiit 

 one month or six weeks after I inoculated. Query — Had it run its course ? 



192. 



14. Station purchased last year. Unable to procure information as to previous inoculation, 

 which took place fovu- j'ears ago when cattle were not infected. No disease since. 

 No inoculation since date of purchase. 



15. Yes. 



193. 



1. March, 1867. 



3. 600. 



4. The cattle that were inoculated were .healthy — about 2 per cent, showing sjTnptoms 



not inoculated. 



12. Yes, about 3 per cent. ; the tail was cnt off some, and I believe it saved their lives. 



13. No cattle on the run have showed sj-mptoms of disease since inoculation. 



14. We consider the cattle should be attended to after inoculation, so that the tails could 



be lanced as soon as the swellings become visible. 

 lo. We consider owners of cattle should be obliged to inoculate as soon as the symptoms 

 appear. 



194. 



1. Last date, February, 1868. 



3. 930 head. 



4. This lot, newly purchased, stored, showed symptoms soon after coming on the run ; 

 about 5 per cent. 



5. About three weeks. 



12. In I860, 3 per cent, died from swelling or inflammation reachmg the body ; no applica- 

 tion that we used had any effect. Cutting the tail off close to the rump the most 

 likely to save the animal's life. In 1868. No deaths from inoculation. 



13. The spread of the disease seemed checked at once ; no fresh case ever appeared ; 



diseased animals generally died off rapidly after inoculation ; in a few weeks the herd 

 seemed healthy and thriving. 



14. In 1868, in a mob of l,3oO head of store buUocks put on run, were 300 head 



cattle which had been properly inoculated ; when the disease broke out the cattle were 



grazing and watering together ; no ever showed symptoms, although constantly 



mixed up with the diseased cattle, lioth before and after inoculation. In our experience, 

 we never fear pleuro after inoculation has been properly performed, and have never 

 seen a well marked case of plem-o-pneumonia in a beast properly inoculated. We 

 attribute own loss in '65 as compared with '68, from effects of inoculation, to the 

 fact that in the former case the virus was taken from a lung too far gone, and the 

 operation improperly performed, the incision being bloodless, through the centre of 

 tail. 



15. As we believe inoculation an cfiicient check to the disease, and know of no other 

 remedy, we answer yes. 



195. 



1. About October, 1867. 



3. About 250. 



4. Disease just showing in two or three head. 



5. Inoculated as soon as discovered. 



12. I consider 1 lost fully 10 per cent.; but many of these from inexperience. I don't think 

 I sliould now lose half so many under similai* circiunstances. Warm fomentations I 

 found to be very efficacious. 



13. I have not seen any disease since, and the inoculated cattle improved very much in 

 flesh soon after tliey recovered. 



14. In one ]iartieular case several hundred head of cattle were removed from one part of the 

 distiict to anotiicr ; they were never inoculated, and I believe the disease can-ied off 

 great nuiubeis of thcin. I don't tliink the owner has ever mustered half the number 

 since their removal, IMy cattle have been exposed to infection by diseased cattle being 

 about and passing through the run. 



