NEWS AND ITEMS. 
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Importation of Canadian Cattle into England. —The 
Montreal Board of Trade has addressed the English government 
for the abrogation of the restrictions imposed on Canadian cattle. 
It is claimed with right, that Canada, as well as the United 
States, is free from contagious pleuro-pneumonia. 
In the reorganization of the faculty of the Chicago Veteri¬ 
nary College all the old and experienced teachers have been re¬ 
tained. Most of the professors have been with the college since 
its foundation, twelve years ago, a fact which speaks well for 
the college and of which its officers are exceedingly proud. 
Precocity and Fecundity. —A correspondent writes to 
the Veterinary Record a case of a she goat giving birth to a 
litter of six fully grown, healthy kids, four males and two fe¬ 
males, weighing 25 pounds altogether. The sire goat was 9^ 
months old. It is evidently a remarkable case of precocity and 
of fecundity. 
M. W. Tritschler, M.D.,D.V.S., graduate of the American, 
class of ’88, who is now a successful practitioner of veterinary 
medicine in Cincinnati, Ohio, was a visitor at the office of the 
Review the early part of June, being on a visit to the East on 
pleasure and recreation. He reports the profession in a pros¬ 
perous condition in his city. 
The Judiciary Committee of the Veterinary Medical Associ¬ 
ation of New York County are in shape to commence prosecut¬ 
ing lion-registered men in that county. The committee will be 
pleased to receive the names and addresses of any one practising 
illegally. We as veterinarians who have spent time and money 
to study, ought to help the Committee as much as possible. 
The members of the New York County Society have con¬ 
cluded to invite veterinarians of Kings, Queens and Westchester 
counties, to join the Society. Watch for the opening meeting in 
October and be present to join. Veterinarians in the above coun¬ 
ties will do well to send their names and others in their locality 
to the Secretary, Dr. R. W. Ellis, 531 W. 152d Street, New 
York City. 
Transmission of Anthrax Through Oats. —In De¬ 
cember, 1895, eleven horses died in a large establishment in 
Condon with anthrax. An inquest showed that the infection 
was certainly due to feeding oats of Russian origin. Bacterio¬ 
logical examinations of samples of the oats revealed the presence 
of the bacillus. The oats were washed with sterilized water and 
fed to other animals, which died of anthrax also. 
