Report of the Vetennary Committee. 
clxxi 
Veterinary. 
The Hon. Cecil T. Paekek said 
that various letters as to liver fluke in 
sheep had been received; and, as 
Professor Simor ds's pamphlet on "The 
Rot in Sheep " had long been out of 
print, the Committee recommended 
that inquirers should be referred to 
the articles on the subject which have 
from time to time appeared in the 
Society's Journal. 
For the Horse-Shoeing Competition 
at the Warwick Meeting next year, 
the Committee recommended that live 
prizes of 61., il., 31., 21. and 11. respec- 
tively, be ofEered in each of two classes, 
viz. for Roadsters and Dray-horses : 
the competition to be limited to Shoe- 
ing-Smiths in the Society's District F, 
consisting of the counties of Glou- 
cester, Hereford, Monmouth, Salop, 
Stafford, AV^orcester, Warwick, and of 
South Wales. The Committee had 
discussed and settled the detailed re- 
gulations and times of the Competi- 
tions, and recommended that they 
should be incorporated in the prize- 
sheet as usual. They did not propose 
the continuance of a class for the ex- 
hibition of systems of horse-shoeing 
not in common use. A letter had 
been received from Sir Joseph Lister, 
President of the British Institute of 
Preventive Medicine, inviting the 
Council to nominate a representative 
upon the Council of the Institute. 
The Committee recommended that the 
President of the Society for the time 
being should be appointed a Member of 
the Council of the British Institute of 
Preventive Medicine, in accordance 
with No. 8 of the Institute's Articles 
of Association. The Committee gave 
notice that at their next meeting they 
would ask for a grant of 600Z. for the 
coming year, of which 500Z.to be given 
to the Royal Veterinary College and 
lOOZ.tobereservedforgeneralpurposes. 
Professor Brown had presented the 
following report : — 
Pleueo - Pneumonia. — During 
the eight weeks ended October 24, 
there were sixteen fresh outbreaks 
of this disease in Great Britain, 
barely one-fifth of the number in 
the corresponding period of last 
year. These sixteen outbreaks oc- 
curred in the counties of Hants, 
London, Middlesex, Surrey, and 
York (W. R.) in England, and Mid- 
lothian in Scotland ; eighty-two 
cattle affected with the disease and 
876 healthy cattle which had been 
exposed to the ri.sk of infection 
were slaughtered by order of the 
Board of Agriculture. Besides the 
cattle slaughtered in these genuine 
outbreaks of the disease, thirty- 
seven suspected animals were 
slaughtered and found free from 
pleuro-pneumonia, but affected with 
other diseases. In Ireland during 
the eight weeks there were nineteen 
outbreaks : twenty-two cattle af- 
fected with the disease, 762 healthy 
cattle in contact, and eleven sus- 
pected cattle were slaughtered. 
Antheax.— There were thirty- 
three outbreaks of anthrax reported 
in Great Britain in the eight weeks; 
they occurred in the counties of 
Cumberland, Derby, Gloucester, 
Lancaster, Leicester, Lincoln (Hol- 
land), Notts, Somerset, Sussex 
(East), Warwick, Wilts, and York 
(W. R.),in England; and Aberdeen, 
Banff, Kirkcudbright, Linlithgow, 
and Perth, in Scotland. In these • 
outbreaks forty-one animals were 
attacked, three diseased animals 
were killed, thirty-three died, and 
one recovered. 
Swine Fevee. — There were 793 
fi3ih outbreaks of swine fever re- 
ported in Great Britain during the 
eight weeks, 4,556 swine were at- 
tacked, 1,757 diseased pigs were 
killed, 2,027 died, 618 recovered, 
and 564 remained alive when the 
last published return was made up. 
Rabies. — Only five cases of this 
disease were rejiorted in eight 
weeks ; they occurred in the coun- 
ties of Essex, Herts, Lancaster, and 
Surrey, 
Abobtion in Cattle.— On the 
subject of abortion several inquiries 
have been undertaken in different 
parts of the country. In some cases 
the unsanitary conditions of the 
farm have afforded an explanation 
of the occurrence of abortion ; but 
generally there have not been any 
circumstances to which .special im- 
portance could be attached as pos- 
sible causes. In one instance only 
the history of the herd supported 
M. Nocard's theory of the contagious 
