124 Annual Report of the Royal Veterinary College. 
Tlie stage of gestation when the mishap occurred varied very 
considerably in different cases, the longest being 38 weeks, and the 
shortest 16. Grouped in periods, we find that one aborted at 38 weeks, 
one at 36, four at 34, seven between the 26th and 29th week, and five 
between the 16th and 20th. Of the seven abortions between the 26th 
and 29th week, five occurred in the 28th week, which in this outbreak 
appears to have been the most susceptible period. Of the 19 calves 
aborted, 16 were dead and 3 alive. Two of the latter died four 
hours after birth, and one lived fourteen days. All were plump and 
well nourished. None were putrid. 
The disorder was not confined to any particular place, but oc- 
curred both in the sheds and in the pastures. Up to the com- 
mencement of the outbreak and during its prevalence the general 
health of the herd had been good. Inquiry into the nature and 
quality of the food afforded no clue to the cause of the outbreak, 
and although in respect of some pastures objection might be taken 
to the quality of the water, this alone failed to account for the 
spread and continuance of the disorder. 
Search was made for ergot, but none was found in any of the 
pastures. It was remarked that numbers of fowls overran two of 
the home fields, but it could not be said how far, if at all, fouling of 
the grass had contributed to the outbreak. 
Glanders in Horses . — In October last an investigation was made 
into an outbreak of glanders in a stud of liorses belonging to a 
farmer in Sussex. At the time of visit three animals were 
suffering from the disease, and have since been destroyed. Inquiry 
as to the cause of the outbreak led to the opinion that it had origi- 
nated with animals on an adjoining farm, with which the horses in 
question had been brought into contact while at grass. 
Outbreak amongst Breeding Blieep . — In November last an out- 
break of disease in a flock of sheep was investigated in Lincolnshire. 
The malady presented itself in the form of an acute inflammation 
of the external genital organs, affecting both breeding ewes and 
rams. In the former the parts about the entrance to the vagina 
were much swollen, red, and painful, and in some instances studded 
over with a vesicular eruption. Thin dark scales followed the sub- 
sidence of the vesicles, and, in several cases, ulcerating sores continued 
for many days after the scabs had fallen away. The interior of the 
vagina was much inflamed along its whole length, and a slight dis- 
charge of pus and mucus flowed from it. The penis of the ram was 
very considerably swollen along a great portion of its length, and 
like the external parts of the ewes, was hot and painful to pressure. 
Blood in large quantities flowed from the sheath of the organ for 
ten or twelve days, and continued to be discharged in less amount 
for a further like period, when the swelling subsided and the haemor- 
rhage ceased. There was no constitutional disturbance attending 
the disease, and the local symptoms yielded to the administration of 
saline aperients and the application of mild astringents to the 
