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the generic term of hos: cholera. Most of them seem to have 

 been less serious than usual, and have not involved a very 

 large number of animals. Two lots of swine quarantined in 

 Ashfield last March were found to be suffering from rickets 

 Avhen examined by Dr. J. B. Paige, due to improper feeding, 

 the food having a deficiency of bone-forming material. 



In one lot of pigs, quarantined as having hog cholera, sev- 

 eral cases of true mange were found. There have also Ijeen 

 three or four cases of tul)erculosis reported in swine. 



Several cattle have Ijeen quarantined as having actinomy- 

 cosis. Most of them have been released, with the advice to 

 the owners to fatten them and have them killed, subject to 

 slaughterhouse inspection ; two were ordered killed, as it 

 seemed for the public interest to have them destroyed. 



There have been several outbreaks of symptomatic antlirax, 

 or " blackleg," in Worcester County and places to the west- 

 ward. In most of these outbreaks an agent of the Cattle 

 Bureau has inoculated the surviving young cattle with 

 " blacklegoids," with good results in every instance. 



On February 14 it was reported by Dr. J. N. Murray of 

 Littleton that a farmer in Harvard had lost a cow, and pre- 

 viously he had lost three cows and two horses suddenly since 

 the first of the year. He sent specimens from the fouith 

 cow which died to Dr. Frothingham for examination, who 

 found anthrax bacilli in them, and reported the case to be true 

 anthrax. Dr. Madison Bunker was sent to investigate the 

 matter, and since then no further trouble has been reported. 



There have been no cases of Texas fever during 1906, but 

 on July 1 2 it was reported by the agent of the United States 

 Bureau of Animal Industry at Boston, Dr. J. F. Ryder, that 

 a carload of cattle had been unloaded for rest and feeding at 

 the stock yard of the Boston & Albany Raih-oad at West 

 Spring-field, from a car marked quarantine, and that the cattle 

 had ticks on them. Dr. B. D. Pierce of Springfield, an agent 

 of the Cattle Bureau, was immediately notified to see that 

 the yard was not used again until it was properly cleansed 

 and disinfected. This was done, and no bad results followed 

 this incident. An account of it is given, as it illustrates that 

 eternal vigilance is the })rice of health among our live stock. 



