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571 tags against 819 last season; Riverside, 354 against 488; San Diego, 

 173 against 3G3 ; San Bernardino, 153 against 187 ; Orange, 36 against 

 87. Imperial County showed an increase of one, there being five deer 

 killed there this year. 



In Tulare County, there were 104 less deer killed than last year ; 

 El Dorado, 92 ; Glenn, 97 ; Siskiyou, 8G ; Trinity, 78 ; Placer, 77.' 



The following counties registered the greatest gains : Monterey 

 with 104; Inyo, 116; Kern, 67; Plumas, 83; San Luis Obispo, 59 more 

 deer killed in 1933 than in the previous season. 



Two thousand fifty-seven hunters succeeded in getting their legal 

 limit of two bucks. 



The highest five counties, with Mendocino leading, as it has done 

 for vears, are : Mendocino, 1233 ; Modoc, 954 ; Plumas, 912 ; Fresno, 882 ; 

 Humboldt, 838. 



Other counties which turned in over 200 tags include : Siskiyou, 

 823 ; Sonoma, 745 ; Monterey, 631 ; Los Angeles, 576 ; Lassen, 551 ; 

 Santa Barbara, 547 ; Shasta, 517 ; Lake, 481 ; San Luis Obispo, 436 ; 

 Ventura, 354; Trinity, 340; Marin, 301; El Dorado, 368; Inyo, 296; 

 Napa, 281 ; Kern, 263 ; Madera, 266 ; Colusa, 222 ; Butte, 205. 



The following figures show the size of the deer killed during the 

 past season: 



Two-pointers, 7417 ; 3-pointers, 5298 ; 4-pointers, 2453 ; 5-pointers, 

 370; 6-pointers, 58; 8-, 9-, 10-, 11-, 12- and 14-pointers, 2021. There 

 were ten 10-pointers, two 12-pointers and two 14-pointers reported 

 killed this year. — 0. L. Warner, Division of Fish and Game, Sa7i 

 Francisco, December 20, 1933. 



DEER AS CARRIERS OF A CATTLE DISEASE 



That deer may harbor a certain disease of cattle and possibly 

 serve as a means of spreading this infection is the conclusion reached 

 by two investigators, William H. Boynton and Gladys M. Woods of 

 the Division of Veterinary Science, University of California. 



This cattle disease, anaplasmosis, is considered by many to be due 

 to a minute animal, called a protozoan, which appears as a dot in the 

 red corpuscle of the blood. Because of its dot-like appearance, it has 

 been named Anaplasma, a Greek term meaning "without ])roloplasm." 

 This pin-point organism breaks up the red corpuscles of tlie blood, 

 thereby causing anemia and jaundice, the ])rincipal symptoms of 

 anaplasmosis or ''Anaplasma infection." 



Through the assistance of Ronald P. Ilarville, two deer, a mule 

 buck and a southern black-tailed buck, were furnished the investigators 

 by the Division of Fish and Game. Both were injected with blood 

 containing the tiny organism, Anaplasma, but neither showed any 

 symptoms of anaplasmosis, and although a few "dots" resembling 

 Aniiplasrna were observed in the red corpuscles of the mule deer, they 

 were too few to justify a positive diagnosis. However, when blood was 

 taken from the southern black-tailed deer and injected into two cattle, 

 one of them became infected and exhibited symptoms characteristic 

 of anaplasmosis. Blood taken from the mule deer and inoculated into 

 two cattle caused death in both cases, with symptoms and lesions typical 

 of the disease. This proves that infection was present in these deer 

 even though no definite sign of the disease appeared. Animals which 



