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probability occluded small vessels with an increase in endothelia and a 
small mononuclear mantle. The centers seem to have a tendency to 
necrosis. Kidney shows marked congestion and a few hemorrhages. 
The latter are more marked in the palves. The epithelia are swollen, 
vacuolated and granular. Glomeruli negative. Intestine muscular coat 
all right. Submucosa and deep mucosa rather rich in round cells but not 
markedly so. Mucosa slightly swollen and epithelia granular, and villous 
stalks definitely hyperemic. One "tubercle" seen in a villus stalk. The 
amount of pigment in the tissues is striking and indicates considerable 
blood destruction in this disease. The " tubercles" in the lung, spleen 
and intestine seem quite important as do the cellular groups in the liver, 
the latter being the cause of the mottling often seen and probably the 
forerunners of the necroses sometimes found. 
There was a small outbreak of entero-hepatitis amongst 
the Texas Bobwhite early in the year. It did not affect 
other nearby specimens and seemed to disappear upon 
removal from the exhibition cage to quarantine space. 
We cannot supply any data which will help with the 
explanation of the disease. B. scoticus of Grouse Dis- 
ease was not found at one attempt. Two birds had 
heterakis in the ceca, two had not. In one fairly well 
studied, no coccidia could be found. 
We lost two tapirs during the year, one from septi- 
cemia following prolapse of the rectum, one from acti- 
nomycosis. The former failed to present adequate ex- 
planation for the intestinal protrusion but it would 
seem that the disturbance of the mucous membrane 
afforded a starting point for the sepsis from which the 
animal died. We have had several instances of abscess 
on the jaw of tapirs but this is the first one in which we 
could find the sulphur grains of actinomycosis or demon- 
strate the organism in them and in the tissues after 
death. The course of the disease and the resulting de- 
struction of tissue offer nothing peculiar in this animal, 
the whole process being comparable to that in horses 
and cows. We administered potassium iodide to the 
dose of two drams a day without effect. We thought 
at first that results were being obtained by the injection 
of a vaccine of actinomycosis organisms but the animal 
became so unruly that we were forced to stop. 
