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5. The virus in urine, diluted with water and sprinkled on 

 grass, was demonstrated to survive for thirty-six hours in some 

 instances, but not always, and not for a longer period of time. 



6. Faeces mixed with water and sprinkled on grass infected 

 an animal twenty-four hours later. 



7. Faeces and urine diluted with water and kept in a vessel in 

 the shade remained infective for susceptible animals for thirty- 

 six hours, but no longer. 



8. No evidence was secured to show that recovered cases trans- 

 mit the disease. 



9. The foregoing facts indicate that the virus of rinderpest 

 perishes soon after being discharged by the infected animal. 



10. Nothing in the foregoing experiments indicates that rin- 

 derpest virus is harbored for long periods upon the soil of con- 

 taminated areas. 



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