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SANITARY BULLETIN 
SANITARY BULLETIN. 
EXTRACTS FROM STATE VETERINARY REPORTS. 
Illinois — Actinomycosis .—The following tables, obtained 
from the annual report of the Board of Live Stock Commis¬ 
sioners lor the State of Illinois, exhibit fully the extent to 
which that disease prevails among the cattle of that region: 
ANIMALS AFFECTED WITH ACTINOMYCOSIS, ISOLATED AT THE UNION STOCK 
YARD AND SLAUGHTERED. 
Months. 
Number 
isolated. 
Number 
released. 
Number 
affected and 
slaughtered. 
1890. November. 
280 
8 
272 
December. 
203 
4 
199 
1891. January.. 
182 
12 
170 
February. 
119 
9 
110 
March. 
129 
5 
124 
April. 
100 
12 
88 
May. 
155 
7 
148 
June. 
150 
12 
138 
July. 
217 
15 
202 
August. 
186 
16 
170 
September. 
223 
13 
210 
October. 
315 
20 
295 
Total.... . 
2,259 
133 
2,126 
ANIMALS AFFECTED WITH ACTINOMYCOSIS, ISOLATED AT THE NATIONAL STOCK 
YARD AND SLAUGHTERED. 
Months. 
Number 
isolated. 
Number 
released, 
Number 
affected and 
slaughtered. 
1890. November. 
10 
10 
December. 
8 
2 
6 
1891. January. 
9 
• • • • 
9 
February. 
6 
• • • • 
6 
March. 
7 
1 
6 
April. 
4 
1 
3 
May. 
9 
1 
8 
June. 
9 
• • • • 
9 
July. 
13 
• • • 
13 
August. 
12 
1 
11 
September. 
17 
• . . • 
17 
October. 
27 
.... 
27 
Total. 
131 
6 
125 
