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Diseased Sacrum m a Goto.— The cow 

 was noticed to have a staggering gait and 

 could not stand for long at a time. A hard 

 swelling with a sinus wound and a foetid 

 discharge appeared over the region of the 

 sacral vertebrae. This I opened up and 

 removed several pieces of dead bone, 

 afterwards having it syringed out daily 

 with antiseptics and applying iodoform. 

 The case did well. 



Inflammation of the Prepuce and Penis 

 in a bull. This animal's penis for at least a 

 foot was in a most fearful condition ; it 

 was swollen, and large portions of ne- 

 crosed tissue could be detached. The pre- 

 puce was also inflamed, and a foetid dis- 

 charge issued from the opening. Treat- 

 ment consisted in removing all necrosed 

 portions and applying a strong solution 

 of silver nitrate to the unhealthy looking 

 tissues, together with frequent antiseptic 

 irrigations. 



J Aingsickness.— One outbreak at a Katir 

 Kraal. The Stock Inspector not being 

 satisfied as to the nature of the disease, 

 asked me to inspect the cattle in order 

 that a definite conclusion could be arrived 

 at. The disease proved to be lungsickness. 



Old Wound on a Coronet.— In this 

 case a condition arose due to insufficient 

 care having been taken when the wound 

 occurred. As is often the case the granu- 

 lation tissue which fills up a wound grows 

 quicker than the new skin, and as a 

 result often rises above the level of the 

 surrounding skin, constituting what is 

 generally known as proud flesh. If this 

 condition is allowed to take place, what 

 was primarily a simple wound, becomes 

 an unhealthy looking mass of granulation 

 tissue. To prevent this state of affairs it 

 is necessary to keep the granulations 

 below the level of the skin by means of 

 caustics, and so give the new skin a 

 chance to gradually cover the wound. 

 When the condition already referred to 

 has occurred, it becomes necessary to 

 again place the wound in its primary state, 

 and the best means to do this is to burn 

 away all the granulation tissue, taking 

 care not to touch the skin, then after the 

 sloath, produced by the burning, has been 

 removed, to treat the wound as before 

 advised, namely, keep the granulations 

 down with caustics, and so give the new 

 skin a chance. 



Other cases treated during the month: — 

 In fforses. — Irregular teeth, curbs, 

 catarrh, injured cornea and stomach 



staggers. ^ , . , , •£ 



In Cattle.— RedwAtev in Colonial heiter 



and an imported Devon bull. Both died. 

 In Sheep— Worms. 



HOWICK-D.V.S. BYRNK. 



Umgeni Division. 

 In the Umgeni Division, I regret to 

 have to inform you that lungsickness 

 broke out in a her<t of eighteen, the pro- 

 perty of M. T. Dawson. These cattle 

 have been quarantined in a portion of Mr. 

 Sutton's farm, Zwaartkop, but where they 

 have come from I do not know up to the 

 present ; Stock Inspector Hair is making 

 enquiries. With the exception ot the 

 above outbreak, this Division is at present 

 clean. 



Lion's River Division. 

 I have two outbreaks of scab to report 

 this month. The first is in a flock of 48^ 

 the property of Mr. J. Morton, Tweedie 

 Hall, and the second in a flock ot ^iU,tne 

 property of Mr. Jas. King, Lyndoch. 

 Twenty-two head of cattle, the proptrty 

 of Mr. E. Harris, of the farm Mount 

 Merbie, were released from quarantine on 

 February 5th, 1901, in the Upper Um- 

 komanzi Division. I have had a rather 

 large number of horse-sickness cases in 

 my District during the month. 



IXOPO-D.V.S. VERNEY. 



>hee/) Scab.— There is less of the disease 

 than there has been for a considerable 



time. . rr„,^ 



Contagious Pleuro-pneumonia.— 1 wo 

 outbreaks of this disease have occurred 

 during the month. One at Mr. Fglestone, 

 Coleford, on the Griqualand-Polela road, 

 the other at Mr. Crossley's, Deepdale, on 

 the Bulwer-Maritzburg road. The cattle 

 belonging to Mr. Eglestone are badly 

 infected, and I am afraid he will be a 

 heavy loser. Mr. Johnson is the only 

 stock-owner under license for this disease 

 in the Ixopo Division. 



NEWCASTLE-D.V.S. HUTCHINSON. 



Lungsickness.— This disease still con- 

 tinues very prevalent, especially in the 



