i74 Examination for Veterinary Inspectors, [june, 



In addition to the Chief Veterinary Officer and Assistant 

 Veterinary Officer the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury have 

 approved an established Veterinary Staff 

 Syllabus of Examina j or ^ e g oar( j 0 f Agriculture consisting of a 

 tion for Veterinary Superintending Veterinary Inspector and 

 Inspectors of the Board. , Tr , •. T , , 



ten Veterinary Inspectors over and above 



twelve Assistant Veterinary Inspectors not on the establishment. 

 These officers devote their whole time to the work in connection 

 with the scheduled contagious diseases of animals, and are not 

 infrequently employed to inquire into other diseases of an 

 apparently contagious nature, where the circumstances are of 

 general importance to the agricultural community, and to which 

 the Board's attention has been called by Agricultural Societies 

 and stock-owners who have suffered serious loss. 



Before appointment to the established staff, as vacancies 

 occur, Veterinary Officers whose services on the non-established 

 staff have been approved are required to have passed an examina- 

 tion held by the Civil Service Commissioners, the extent of 

 which is embraced in the subjoined syllabus : — 



Subjects of Examination. — 



1. Pathology and Bacteriology. 



2. The Diseases of Animals Acts, 1894 to 1903, and any Act 

 amending the same : and the Orders of the Board of 

 Agriculture and Fisheries thereunder. 



In Subject 1 there will be a Practical as well as a Written 

 Examination. 



Candidates must pass to the satisfaction of the Civil Service 

 Commissioners in both these subjects. 



Syllabus of the Examination in Pathology and Bacteriology,, 

 A. Written Examination. — 



(1) General Pathology. — Inflammation. The Degenerations 

 and Infiltrations. Neoplasms. 



(2) Bacteriology. — Bacteriological Methods. Principles of 

 Immunity and Vaccination Disinfection. The bacteria 

 pathogenic for the domesticated animals, including the 

 morbid anatomy and histology of the lesions which they 

 produce, and the methods whereby certain diseases are 

 communicated from animals to human beings. 



(3) Protozoology.— General biology of the pathogenic pro- 

 tozoa. TheCoccidioses, Trypanosomiases, Piroplasmoses, 

 of the domesticated animals. 



