290 . CONTAGIOUS PLEURO-PNEUMONIA 



Rinderpest. 



FORM B. 



I of do hereby 



certify that I have not come from any farm or place infected with rin- 

 derpest, and I have not in any way, to the best of my knowledge and belief 

 come in contact with infection. 



(Signed.) 



REFERENCES. 



1. Danysz, Brodet and Theiler. Tlie \'et. Journal. Vol. 

 XLVI. (1S9S). p. 29S. 



2. Edington. Report of Investigation. The I'eterinarv Journal. 

 Vol. XLVI. (1898). p. 64. 



3. Gamgek. The cattle plague. London. 1S66. 



4. Koch. Report. The Veterinary Journal. XLV. (j897)p. 204. 



5. R.AiiAZZiNi. Dissertatio de Contagiosa Epidemica, Padua. 1711. 



6. Turner and Koi<i:,E. Report of investigations. Tlie Vel. Jour. 

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7. AVai,lEY. The four bovine scourges. London. 1879. 



CONTAGIOUS PLEURO-PNEUMONIA IN CATTLE. 



Synonyms. Lung plague ; pleuro-pneunionia zymotica. 



§219. Characterization. Contagious pleuro-pneumonia 

 of cattle is a specific epizootic disease which affects bovine 

 animals and from which other species are exempt. When the 

 disease results from exposure in the usual manner, it is 

 characterized by an inflammation of the lungs and pleurae, 

 which is generally extensive and which has a tendency to 

 invade portions of these organs not primarily affected and to 

 cause death of the diseased portion of the lung. In Germany, 

 it is known as I^ungejiseuchc. In France, it is spoken of as the 

 perip7icumonie coiitagieuse. 



§ 220. History. The first account of the appearance of 

 contagious pleuro-pneumonia dates from the end of the seven- 

 teenth century. It is stated that it was observed in Hesse for 

 the first time in 1693, and that its earliest appearance as an 

 epizootic was in 1713 and 1714, when it prevailed chiefly in 

 Switzerland and the neighboring countries of "Wiirtemberg, 

 Baden and Alsace. There are detailed reports on its occur- 

 rence from the year 1743. In 1773, Haller published an essay 



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