2j Introduction. 



invasion and the progress of symptoms we cannot deny- 

 that the disease is of an infectious nature. Should its 

 etiology and preventive means not be made clear soon, 

 the disease would cause an unrestorable loss upon the 

 horses of the whole empire of Japan. 



To meet this immediate need the Special Committee 

 for the Investigation of Infectious Anemia of Horse was 

 organized. The Chief of the Bureau of Horse Adminis- 

 tration was made ex offi^cio chief of the Committee 

 and other members of it were nominated from several 

 institutions. 



By the committee researches regarding the causative 

 factors of this peculiar disease have been carried on, and 

 at the same time the methods of prevention have been 

 investigated so as to remove the fear of future outbreaks 

 from horse breeders in Japan. 



The names and titles of the members of the Com- 

 mittee first nominated at the time of organization are 

 as follows :— 



Chief of the committee : 



Count Masakata Terauchi, General, Chief of the 

 Bureau of Horse Administration. 

 Commissioners : 



Sennosuke Katsushima, Jyuigakuhakushi, Pro- 

 fessor of Agricultural College, Tokyo Im- 

 perial University. 

 Hatsukuma Tokishige, Jyuigakuhakushi, Expert 

 Department of Agriculture and Commerce. 

 Rokuro Imaizumi, Jyuigakuhakushi, Colonel A. 



V. C. 

 Kenkichi Tange, Inspector Bureau of Horse Ad- 



ministraiten. 

 Yuji Kishimoto, Inspector Bureau of Horse Ad- 

 ministration (Secretary of the Committee.) 



