BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 



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A large number of observations similar to the above have been mart 01 

 and in all cases where a pure cultivation lias been obtained the organ- 

 ism which multiplied was a micrococcus, and when the virulence ol 

 such cultivated micrococci has been tested by inoculation experiments 

 typical and fatal cases of* swine plague have resulted. 



Respectfully submitted. 



D. E. SALMON, I). Y. M., 

 Ch ief of Burea u of A n ima I Industry. 



