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TEE AORICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



Veterinary Departmental Report for January, 



1902, 



abstkacts from reports. 



{Concluded.) 



GREYTOWN.^D.V.S. COEDY. 



Lungsichness. — No fresh outbreaks. 



Glanders. — A wiy bad case of farcy 

 g-lauders occurred at Mr. Dempster's, iu 

 Greytown, tlie suljject being a pony. The 

 animal was destroyed at once, and all 

 stable liftings burned, and the place 

 thoroughly disinfected. Two other ani- 

 mals which had been in contact were 

 tested, and one of them, belonging to 

 Mr. Clarke, of Greytown, reacted. After 

 its destruction a post mortem examina- 

 tion revealed the nodules of glanders in 

 both lungs. By burning the fittings and 

 thorougli disinfection, the stable has been 

 rendered fit for iTse once more. 



I have since examined a good num1)er 

 of horses in Greytown, but so far am 

 pleased to state have seen nothing of a 

 suspicious nature, and am therefore hop- 

 ing that the disease has been stamped out. 



ElndcrpcKf. — Fourteen more deaths oc- 

 curred at Jammordaal, making a total of 

 forty-six, just half of which were young 

 calves. The disease proved very fatal to 

 the young stock, especially the calves, 

 only two of their number salting among 

 the infected troop. No cases of the dis- 

 ease appeared among the two other clean 

 troops on the farm, both of which were 

 biled twice. 



A fresh outbreak was reported at Mr.' 

 John Keyter's, of Frogmore, adjoining 

 Jammerdaal, on the 21st of the ,month, 

 and on the following day .seven deaths 

 occurred, and eleven more animals showed 

 symptoms of the disease. There were 

 about two hundred and eighty head of 

 cattle on the farm which had fortunately 

 been kept in three separate troops since 

 Rinderpest appeared in the district, and 

 as the disease only appeared in one lot, 

 it permitted of the other two troops be- 

 imr bilod while clean. No case has 

 broken nut among the latter, while twenty 

 of the infected had died at the end of the 

 month. 



1 visited Messrs. Roiehe, of Noodsberg 

 Road, to see case of Jagdzeiktc, according 



to your instructions. The two doses of 

 anti-streptocoun serum I injected into 

 the trachea at an interval of about three 

 hours, but with no favourable result, the 

 animal dying the following day. Sev- 

 eral animals in the Noodsberg district 

 have died recently from this disease. 

 Messrs. Eeiche alone having lost five. It 

 would be conferring a great boon on the 

 horse-owners of that district could some 

 light be thrown on the etiology of this 

 disease, as at present all forms of treat- 

 ment appear to be futile. 



No cases of liorsesickness were reported 

 during the month. . 



RICHMOND.— D.V.S. BYRNE. 



Lviir/sirkness. — There has been an out- 

 break of this disease in a herd of Aus- 

 tralian cattle, the property of Mr. J. 

 Baynes, which were lately imported by 

 ]\Ir. Baynes from Queensland. 



These cattle are running on the farm 

 Meyer's Hoek, and have been inoculated. 

 On January 30th Lungsickness broke out 

 at ]\Ir. Baynes' home farm Nel's Rust, and 

 all the cattle there were inoculated on 

 Friday, 31st January, and Saturday, 1st 

 February. There have been no fresh 

 cases of Lungsickness at Meyer's Hoek for 

 some little time, and the cattle seem to 

 be doing better. 



Blue Tongue has been prevalent 

 amongst sheep. 



Towards the end of January, on in-' 

 structions from you, I proceeded to Ixopo 

 to investigate a disease in calves, which 

 were sufl"ering from diarrhoea and dysen- 

 tery. 



I had another case of hepatic fever m 

 an imported horse this month; he made a 

 good recovery. 



The liming of land in England is a question 

 that is receiving much attention just now. Lime 

 was more frequently used in the olden days 

 than it has recently been, due, no doubt, to the 

 introduction of artificials and th'^ monopoly of 

 attention they have received. 



