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ANTHRAX 



Vaccination against Rouget (France). 





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CO 





. 60 



Mortality. 









Years. 



Total Numb 

 of Animals 

 Vaccinated, 



O • 



si 



Animals Vaci 

 nated accordi 

 to Reports 

 received. 



After First 

 Vaccination. 



After Second 

 Vaccination. 



During the 

 rest of the 

 Year. 



O 

 Eh 



Ph 



03 _• 



O 

 P 



Average loss 

 fore Vaccinati 



1886 

 1887 



fFor these 

 two years 

 France 

 -I and other 

 countries 

 are put 

 V. together. 



49 

 49 



7,087 

 7,467 



91 



57 



24 

 IO 



56 

 23 



171 



90 



2.41 



1. 21 



20% 



55 



[888 

 1889 

 1890 

 1891 

 1892 



15,958 

 19,338 

 17,658 

 20,583 

 37,900 



3i 

 4i 

 4i 



47 

 38 



6,968 

 11,257 

 14,992 

 17,556 

 10,128 



31 

 92 

 118 

 102 

 43 



25 

 12 



64 



34 

 19 



38 

 40 

 72 

 70 

 46 



94 

 144 

 254 

 206 

 108 



1-35 

 1.28 

 I.70 

 1. 17 

 I.07 



,5 

 5, 



Total 



ni,437 



296 



75,455 



534 



188 



345 



1067 



1.45 



20% 



" The total average of losses during the past seven 

 years is 1.45 per cent., or about \\ per cent. 



"This average is appreciably higher than the 

 average for charbon. But it must be noted that 

 the mortality from rouget among swine, before 

 vaccination, was much higher than that from 

 charbon among sheep. It was about 20 per cent. ; 

 a certain number of reports speak of losses of 60 

 and even 80 per cent. : so that almost all the 

 veterinary surgeons are loud in their praises of 

 the new vaccination." 



The rest of M. Chamberland's paper is con- 

 cerned with the defects, such as they are, of the 

 vaccinations, and the need of absolute cleanliness 

 in the making of them : which is somewhat difficult 



