64 

 215. 



1. September, 1868. 



3. 30. 



4. None of the cattle showed sjnnptoms of disease. 



12. One died ; he was in tlio hush. In the other cases whers the swelling occurred we 

 made incisions in tin; tail above the swelling, and let it bleed well. 



13. We never have had any of our cattle affected, though the disease has been all roimd us. 



14. I consider that the fact of none of our cattle having been affected by the disease, though 

 mixed with and surrounded by cattle having it, is a proof that inoculation is a preventive. 



lo. I consider tliat it would be for tha general good that an Act should be passed obliging 

 owners of cattle whosJ herds are infected to inoculate. 



216. 



1. Early pai-tofl 863. 



3. 1,163. 



4. Nearly all healthy ; a few stragglers showing symptoms of pleuro— say about 5 per ceut. 



5. Commenced inoculating as soon as tlie disease was noticed. 



12. About 5 per cent, of the whole herd died ; but I believe those were deaths arising from 

 the disease contracted before inoculation. 



13. Almost perfect immunity from the disease, the few dying being mostly cattle that 

 were not inoculated or were too far gone for the inociilation to be of any use. 



14. I believe inoculation, properly performed with good virus, to be a preventive, in 

 the same way that vaccination Is a preventive of the small-pox in the human subject. 

 It is useless after the disease has hold of a beast, and I do not think that it will alto- 

 gether stop a beast from taking pleuro, but if a b ast takes the disease it is in a mild 



form— having seen the first cases of pleuro in Victoria, on Mr. and 



practised inoculation on cattle from the first. 



15. I consider an Act should be passed comiielling all owners of cattle to inoculate them. 

 After disease is in a herd inoculation will onl}' benefit the healthy cattle or those 

 slightly diseased. I consider cattle inspectors should be appointed to see the inocu- 

 lation properly done. 



217. 



1. June, 1865, 



3. About 1,000. 



4. Slightly diseased ; about o per cent. 



5. About one month. 



12. I cannot state pcr-centags of deaths caused by excessive swelling. There might have 

 been 2 per cent. There is no occasion to interfere with the beast tmless the swelling 

 is verj' severe, and appears to be going into the back — that is, where the tail joins the 

 back. The tail should then be cut off as close as possible to the back, and scarify the 

 parts swollen. It is necessary to scarify the same beast two or three times. 



13. I believe cattle that are properly inoculated are not liable to take the disease. 



14. I do not think it would be advisable for cattle to travel immediately after inoculation. 

 I saw about 500 liead of cattle, brought from the Lachlan to this disti-ict. They were 

 inoculated just before staiting, and were dying all along the read. It is possible that 

 the virus used for inoculating those cattle was taken ft-om a beast in a decomposed state. 



218. 



I believe inoculation to result in good effects, and am of opinion it would be to the 

 benefit of cattle ownei s to make it compulsory to inoculate. In support of this view, 



1 will give an inst aice in poiTit— without mentioning names of parties— which 

 happened srme few years since : Two brothers, living on two separate stations near 

 here, and about 40 mi'es apart, started sonic cattle fiom each station for JMelljourne 

 market; one lot was inocu'atcd — the other lot was not. "When they started the two 

 lots were driven together in one mob ; the uuinoculated cattle soon began to die of 

 plcuro-pneumonia, and continued so t") die until the surviving ones were treated the 

 same as the other lot witli v.hich they were mixed — inoculated; after which there 

 was not oue fresh case of disease among the lot the whole journey. 



219. 



1. 1804. 



3. 1,600. 



4. Our cattle were not too advanced in the disease when I inoculated them ; about 



2 per ceut. 

 .T. About four or five weeks. 



12. 



Only a veiy few deaths occurred from swelling. The tails of a good many dropped 

 off. I did not try any means to cure the swellings. I think it would be well to cut 



off tlie tail of a lje."st much swollen, above the part inflamed, 

 in. The pleuro dis .ppearcd aitogetlicr a few weeks after inoculation. 

 Jo. I do; and I think the sooner the better for the Cokny. 



