1912.1 PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 31. 77 



REPORT OF THE VETERINARIAN. 



JAS. B. PAIGE, D.V.S. 



During the past year the veterinary department has carried 

 on its work in accordance with the following scheme : — 



1. Research. 



2. Diagnosis. 



3. Correspondence. 



Since the inauguration of the dei^artment in the experiment 

 station it has been the aim and practice to carry on each year 

 one or more lines of original investigation of some of the obscure 

 animal diseases or phase of the same, preferably one of imme- 

 diate interest to the stock owners of the State. The large num- 

 ber of diseases occurring among the different farm animals, the 

 cause, course, successful treatment or prevention of which are 

 not fully understood, offers a large field for investigation and 

 profitable study. Such obscure diseases exist among all varie- 

 ties of farm animals, — horses, cattle, sheep, swine and poultry. 

 The latter presents some of the most difficult and interesting 

 problems for investigation. 



For nearly two years prior to last September the head of the 

 veterinary department, in addition to his regular work of in- 

 struction in the college, performed tbe duties, in part, of the 

 dean of the college. This required a greater part of each after- 

 noon of the days when college was in session. It was, therefore, 

 during this time not possible to engage as extensively in the 

 lines of original investigation as was desired. The remainder 

 of the work in the station falling under divisions of diagnosis 

 and correspondence were taken care of in a satisfactory manner. 



For something more than two vears an original investigation 



