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the high temperature as the early symptom render it an 

 easy task to detect the appearance of the disease. The well ani- 

 mals should if possible be removed at once to other stables. 

 The stalls occupied by the infected animals should be disinfected 

 before being used for other animals. Isolation and disinfec- 

 tion are the important factors in checking the spread of this, 

 as of other infectious diseases. 



To prevent the introduction of this malady, all horses 

 brought from a distance should be kept isolated for at least a 

 week before allowing them to come in contact with the home 

 animals. 



REFERENCES. 



1. Cadejac. Contributions a 1' etiologie de la pneumonic conta- 

 gieuse du cheval. Compl. rend de la Soc. de Biol., i88g, p. 316. 



2. Fleming. Infectious pneumonia of the horse. The Veteri- 

 nary Jour., Vol. XXXIII, p. I. 



3. SCHiJTz. Die Ursache der Brustseuche der Pferde. Virchow's 

 Archiv, Bd. CVII, S. 356. 



4. SCHUTZ. Die genuine Lungenentziindung der Pferde. Archiv 

 fur wissen. u. prak. Thierheilkunde, Bd. VIII. 



5. SlEDAMGROTZKY. Ueber infectiose Pneumonien bei Pferden. 

 Deutsche med. IVochenschrifl, 1882, S. 668. 



6. Williams. Contagious pleuro-pneumonia of the horse. A'iner. 

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APOPLECTIFORM SEPTICEMIA IN CHICKENS. 



S 38. Characterization. A rapidly fatal septicemia in 

 •chickens caused by a streptococcus. 



§ 39. History. This disease was recently discovered 

 and described by Norgaard and Mohler. Although the symp- 

 toms and lesions given correspond somewhat closely to those 

 mentioned by Mazza and Rabieux, there is a marked differ- 

 ence in the etiological factor. The newly discovered disease 

 is based upon the findings and investigations following a single 

 epizootic among fowls. Thus far it has been identified in one 

 other locality. 



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