420 UNIVEESITY OP VIRGINIA PUBLICATIONS 



Oestrus larvae and one or two older ones in the supraorbital sinus. Cysticercus tenui- 

 collis in peritoneal cavity. Sarcosporidiosis. Acute lymphadenitis. Brain and 

 spinal cord normal. 



Autopsy 26. Lamb 50, Corral VIII, found dead on morning "of August 29, after a 

 cold rain during the previous night. 



Anatomical diagnosis. Acute bronchopneumonia. Acute Oestrus ovis rhinitis, 

 emaciation. Irregular incisor teeth. Brain normal. 



Autopsy No. 30. Lamb No. 55, from Corral VI, was much stunted and emaciated. 

 Fleece was fairly regular and thick. The animal was very weak and uncertain on its 

 feet and walked with a stiff-legged gait. There was marked coughing and sneezing. 

 The respirations were difficult, irregular with many pauses and many short, broken, 

 inspirations. Taking the average of five minutes' count there were 100 respirations 

 per minute. The rectal temperature was 102°. The eyes were gummed with mucus. 

 The eyelids puffy and swollen. The nose was covered with muco-pus and dirt. The 

 lamb was so weak that it could hardly get to its feet when it had been laid on the 

 ground. September 1, 1904, animal was bled to death and autopsied at once. 



Anatomical diagnosis. Subacute (convalescent) Oestrus rhinitis and sinusitis 

 with empyema of ethmoidal sinus, cervical lymphadenitis. Bronchopneumonia. 

 Emaciation. Irregular incisor teeth. Red marrow. Brain and spinal cord normal. 



Lamb 53, from Corral Vl, was selected for examination on September 1. The 

 hemogoblin was 70 per cent (Tallquist), the weight 26 pounds. The lamb was kept 

 till September 5 on alfalfa hay when the weight was 28J pounds. Respirations were 

 irregular, 46 to the minute, temperature 102°. The paunch of the lamb was distinctly 

 distended; the animal was very weak and thin. When laid on the ground it could 

 hardly recover its feet. It walked with an uncertain stiff-legged gait. The animal at 

 time of examination on September 5 was in better condition than it was a week 

 earlier and for the last four days, between September 1 and 5 improved steadily 

 upon a hay diet. The animal had good vision, it recognized a person bringing 

 alfalfa or water to it. There was no evidence of psychic disturbance. The ani- 

 mal's breathing was distinctly impaired, especially at night and during early morn- 

 ing hours. In the morning, especially, the head was stuffed up, the eyelids being 

 gummed together and there being a discharge from the nose of thick mucus. The 

 animal was bled to death on September 5 and autopsied at once. 



Autopsy 31. September 5, 904. 



Andtomical diagnosis. Subsiding Oestrus rhinitis and sinusitisj empyema of 

 ethmoidal cells; bronchopneumonia; Thysanosoma actinioides dilating conunon duct, 

 cystic duct and beginning to enter liver ducts; Cysticercus- te'nuicollis; emaciation. 

 Irregular incisor teeth. Brain and cord, and stomachs and intestines normal. 



Lamb No. 69 from corral VII was found dying on morning of September 6. Died 

 about 11 a.m. Autopsy at 1.30 p.m. 



Autopsy 32. Anatomical diagnosis. Bronchopneumonia, serofibrinous pleurisy 

 on right and left; small purulent cysts in lungs. Oestrus ovis in nasal cavities; em- 

 pyema of ethmoidal turbinatea; Thysanosoma actinioides; emaciation. Acute splenic 

 tumor. Necrosis in lymph gland. 



