184 Animal Report of the Royal Veterinary College on 
space here with details, beyond a few words as to the nature of the 
appearances known as "licked beef" or "jelly." 
These were found by last year's examinations to be the result 
of inflammatory action caused by the maggot presence in the 
overlying poi-tion of the hide. The figure on page 183 shows the 
appearance of the under side of a piece of infested hide when the 
maggots are as yet only partly grown. It is impossible in a wood 
engraving to convey the loathsome appearance of a maggot-infested 
hide when the pests are full grown, and showing through or breaking 
through the coating of their cells filled with putridity. 
The affected portion of the surface of the carcass commonly 
called " licked beef " may be generally described as of a greenish- 
yellow colour and flabby appearance, with a frothy discharge 
oozing from the surface after being exposed for some hours to the 
air, and the jelly- like matter on the surface, which necessarily must 
be cleared away, or pared down to a depth which will allow the beef 
to be saleable, is a cause of great loss to butchers dui - ing the warble 
season. In the words of the manager of one of our great hide com- 
panies, " In the worst part of the warble season I could get you 
bucketfuls of inflamed tissue (commonly called by the butchers 
'jelly ') cut and scraped from the cai'cass after the hide is taken off. 
The formation of this matter must be a great drain on the health, 
condition, and quality of the animal, and must be a great loss to 
somebody." 
This matter is being heartily taken up in various places by 
the Butchers' Associations as one requiring attention, and they are 
assisting me in circulating the leaflets above mentioned, showing 
the certain and simple means by which the warble attack may be to 
all practical purposes stamped out, a point which has been still 
further confirmed during last year by the large number of reports 
of success which I have received from cattle owners and farmers of 
Great Britain and Ireland. 
Eleaxor A. Ormerod. 
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ROYAL 
VETERINARY COLLEGE 
On Investigations conducted for the Royal Agricultural Society 
during the year 1889. 
The past year was remarkable on account of the unusual prevalence 
of parasitic diseases chiefly affecting sheep. Among lambs tapeworm 
(Taenia expansa) caused considerable losses. This parasite, the 
scolex, or hydatid, of which is unknown, infests the intestines in 
large number, sets up irritation, and causes acute diarrhoea, frc- 
