﻿THE 
  RELATIONS 
  OF 
  GLOSSINA 
  MORSITANS 
  AND 
  GAME. 
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  the 
  diagnosis. 
  The 
  other 
  two 
  rinderpest 
  animals, 
  calves 
  C. 
  R. 
  and 
  D. 
  R., 
  showed 
  

   typical 
  symptoms, 
  both 
  before 
  and 
  after 
  death. 
  The 
  following 
  animals 
  were 
  used 
  

   in 
  these 
  experiments 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Calf 
  A 
  — 
  not 
  immunised 
  against 
  and 
  not 
  infected 
  with 
  rinderpest. 
  Kept 
  isolated 
  

   from 
  rinderpest 
  animals 
  on 
  the 
  island. 
  Used 
  for 
  control 
  feeding. 
  

  

  Calf 
  B. 
  R 
  — 
  inoculated 
  with 
  citrated 
  rinderpest 
  blood 
  on 
  6.vii.l918, 
  34 
  hours 
  

   after 
  removal 
  from 
  sick 
  animal. 
  Died 
  with 
  typical 
  symptoms 
  of 
  rinderpest 
  on 
  

   19.vii.1918. 
  

  

  Calf 
  C. 
  R 
  — 
  inoculated 
  on 
  6.vii.l918 
  with 
  20 
  c.c. 
  of 
  pooled 
  citrated 
  blood 
  from 
  

   three 
  rinderpest 
  animals, 
  30 
  hours 
  after 
  removal 
  from 
  body 
  ; 
  this 
  apparently 
  failed 
  

   to 
  infect. 
  Stalled 
  in 
  closest 
  contact 
  with 
  Calf 
  B. 
  R. 
  and 
  died 
  on 
  24.vii.1918 
  with 
  

   symptoms 
  of 
  rinderpest. 
  Post 
  mortem 
  showed 
  mouth 
  ulcers 
  and 
  acute 
  inflammatory 
  

   exudation 
  into 
  lower 
  bowel. 
  

  

  Calf 
  D. 
  R 
  — 
  inoculated 
  on 
  16.vii.1918 
  with 
  pooled 
  citrated 
  blood 
  from 
  three 
  

   cases 
  of 
  rinderpest, 
  24 
  hours 
  after 
  removal 
  from 
  body. 
  Killed 
  on 
  l.viii.1918 
  after 
  

   showing 
  typical 
  rinderpest 
  symptoms 
  for 
  some 
  days, 
  confirmed 
  by 
  post 
  mortem 
  

   examination. 
  

  

  Sheep 
  E, 
  F, 
  G, 
  H, 
  and 
  K 
  — 
  healthy 
  animals 
  kept 
  for 
  control 
  feedings, 
  and 
  stalled 
  at 
  a 
  

   distance 
  from 
  the 
  rinderpest 
  animals. 
  None 
  of 
  these 
  sheep 
  showed 
  any 
  signs 
  of 
  

   illness. 
  

  

  Calf 
  A 
  — 
  developed 
  symptoms 
  strongly 
  suggestive 
  of 
  " 
  amakebe," 
  i.e., 
  great 
  en- 
  

   largement 
  of 
  lymphatic 
  glands, 
  transient 
  diarrhoea, 
  and 
  anaemia. 
  The 
  blood 
  

   proved 
  negative 
  to 
  Piroplasma 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  before 
  it 
  was 
  killed. 
  The 
  animal 
  also 
  

   showed 
  extensive 
  skin 
  lesions, 
  which 
  Mr. 
  V. 
  F. 
  Richardson, 
  to 
  whom 
  I 
  described 
  

   the 
  case, 
  said 
  were 
  very 
  suggestive 
  of 
  a 
  blastomycotic 
  infection. 
  This 
  animal 
  was 
  

   killed 
  on 
  my 
  returning 
  to 
  the 
  mainland, 
  together 
  with 
  all 
  the 
  other 
  animals 
  then 
  alive. 
  

   There 
  was 
  no 
  sign 
  of 
  any 
  inflammation 
  of 
  the 
  gut. 
  The 
  animal 
  may, 
  therefore, 
  be 
  

   considered 
  as 
  clean 
  as 
  regards 
  rinderpest, 
  and 
  was 
  rapidly 
  recovering 
  condition 
  when 
  

   it 
  was 
  killed. 
  

  

  On 
  17th 
  and 
  22nd 
  July 
  the 
  dead 
  flies 
  in 
  the 
  experiments 
  were 
  entered 
  on 
  the 
  day 
  

   following 
  in 
  each 
  case, 
  except 
  in 
  Experiment 
  22. 
  

  

  It 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  from 
  this 
  table 
  that 
  rinderpest 
  blood 
  exercises 
  no 
  apparent 
  effect 
  

   on 
  the 
  fly. 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  impossible 
  to 
  pronounce 
  decisively 
  regarding 
  the 
  effect 
  on 
  larva 
  production. 
  

  

  A 
  certain 
  number 
  of 
  larvae 
  were 
  produced 
  during 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  the 
  experiments, 
  

   of 
  which 
  a 
  number 
  were 
  prematurely 
  aborted. 
  No 
  difference 
  in 
  this 
  respect 
  was 
  

   noted 
  between 
  flies 
  fed 
  on 
  rinderpest 
  blood 
  and 
  those 
  fed 
  on 
  clean 
  animals. 
  

  

  Meteorological 
  Conditions 
  in 
  the 
  Masindi 
  Belt 
  in 
  1918 
  and 
  Previous 
  Years. 
  

  

  Masindi 
  is 
  29 
  miles 
  along 
  the 
  main 
  motor 
  road 
  to 
  Butiabwa 
  from 
  Masindi 
  Port. 
  

   The 
  fly 
  belt 
  extends 
  up 
  to 
  about 
  12 
  miles 
  from 
  Masindi 
  Port. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  table 
  shows 
  the 
  monthly 
  rainfall 
  for 
  the 
  years 
  1914-17, 
  and 
  

   January-May 
  1918. 
  In 
  regard 
  to 
  these 
  figures, 
  which 
  were 
  taken 
  at 
  Masindi 
  Station, 
  

   it 
  must 
  be 
  recollected 
  that 
  the 
  actual 
  fly 
  scrub 
  receives 
  less 
  rain 
  per 
  annum 
  than 
  

   Masindi, 
  which 
  is 
  surrounded 
  by 
  high 
  hills. 
  The 
  right-hand 
  figures 
  in 
  each 
  annual 
  

  

  (C572) 
  b 
  

  

  