Pleuro-imeumonia amongst Canadian Cattle. 
clxvii 
Bidered, but the Committee did not 
recommend its adoption. 
The Committee gave notice that at 
their next meeting they would ask for 
a grant of 600?. for the coming year, 
of which 600?. to be given to the 
Royal Veterinary College, and 100?. 
to be reserved for general purposes. 
The following report had been re- 
ceived from Professor Brown : — 
Pleueo- PNEUMONIA. — During 
the past three months there have 
been nine fresh outbreaks of pleuro- 
pneumonia in Great Britain. Five 
of these were in London, one in 
Lancashire, two in Fife, and one 
in Forfar. 
Foot - and - mouth - disease. — 
Two outbreaks of this disease oc- 
curred in Leith during the month 
of August. The cattle affected in 
the first of these outbreaks were 
grazing in a field adjoining some 
sheds in which the disease existed 
about the middle of March. The 
three cattle in the field were 
slaughtered, but about ten days 
afterwards it was found that two 
of the cows in an adjoining shed 
had contracted the disease, but as 
most of the cows in this shed had 
the disease in March, the infection 
soon died out. 
Swine Fever. — During the 
third quarter of the year there 
were 845 fresh outbreaks of swine 
fever reported in Great Britain ; 
3,199 pigs were attacked by it, 
1,421 of the diseased pigs were 
killed, 1,389 died, 344 recovered, 
while 101 remained alive at the 
end of September. 
Anthrax. — There were sixty- 
nine outbreaks of anthrax reported 
in Great Britain during the quarter 
ending September 24; 159 ani- 
mals were attacked, fourteen dis- 
eased animals were killed, 129 died, 
and nine recovered. 
Pleuro-pneumonia amongst Canadian 
Cattle.* 
Sir John Thorold, in presenting 
the report, said that the Veterinary 
Committee had communicated in- 
formally with the President of the 
‘ See also page clxxviii for proceedings of 
the Deputation to the President of the Hoard 
of Agriculture. 
Board of Agriculture as to whether 
he could receive a deputation on the 
subject that afternoon (Wednesday), 
in order to urge upon the Board that 
the Act of 1878 should at once be 
put in force by rescinding the present 
regulations under which Canadian 
cattle are exempted from slaughter 
at the port of landing. The President 
of the Board had, however, stated 
that he would not be able to receive 
a deputation upon the day proposed, 
as he was not yet in possession of 
sufficient information upon the 
subject. 
Mr. CiiAruiN asked whether he 
understood that the reply from the 
Board of Agriculture was that they 
were not possessed of sufficient infor- 
mation to enable them to receive the 
deputation . 
Sir John Thorold said that the 
reply was that the Board were not 
possessed of sufficient information to 
enable them to receive the deputa- 
tion that day ; but they understood 
that the deputation was only post- 
poned to another day. 
Mr. Chaplin asked what informa- 
tion was before the Council as to the 
facts respecting the alleged importa- 
tion of the disease. 
Sir John Thorold replied that 
the Veterinary Committee h.ad had a 
report from one of the veterinary 
officers of the Board of Agriculture 
that three animals in two different 
ships had been discovered to be 
affected with pleuro-pneumonia, and 
that the cargoes of these two ships, 
consisting of about 1,200 animals, 
had been dispersed throughout 
Scotland and the North of England. 
The board were at present engaged 
in tracing these animals, and in 
slaughtering them when fonnd, and a 
large quantity of lungs were expected 
to be sent up yesterday (Tuesday) for 
inspection. 
Mr. Chaplin asked whether it had 
been ascertained that the disease was 
contagious pleuro-pneumonia, and 
whether it had been contracted in 
this country. 
Sir J OHN Thorold replied that it 
was contagious pleuro-pneumonia, 
and that it certainly had not been 
contracted in this country. 
Mr. Dent said he could quite 
understand that the Minister for 
