REMARKS ON SOUTHERN CATTLE FEVER. 
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When you have the disease break out in a herd, one or two 
ute cases cause the alarm. If you will have all the cattle 
aced in the stable, so that you can take their temperatures, you 
.11 often discover quite a percentage of them to be affected, 
owing no other symptoms than an abnormal rise in the tem- 
:rature. Hence the necessity of this procedure. 
I will cite two instances which occurred in my practice 
iring the past season, as examples covering many of the points 
ferred to in the foregoing pages. 
On July 16th, last, I was called to see a case below the city, 
his cow was one that was born and raised on Col. A.’s place 
Chesterfield, before referred to. Her temperature was io y° F., 
id her urine dark in color. I prescribed the usual remedies 
id she made a good recovery in about two weeks. On August 
)th, I was called to see her again and found her suffering from 
1 ordinary attack of laryngitis, from which she recovered in a 
w days. On August 28th, I passed the farm and saw her 
*azing along the road ; she was in good condition and was 
ving a fair quantity of milk. On October 8th and 15th, I was 
died to prescribe for her for an obstinate diarrhoea. At this 
me there were no symptoms of Southern cattle fever, her 
'mptoms were characteristic of tuberculosis. She died some 
eeks later, the exact date I was not informed, and conse- 
uently I had no opportunity of holding a post-mortem exam- 
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ation. 
When I was first called to this cow I looked her over, but 
iund no ticks. I asked the stableman if he had seen any on 
er. He said that he had removed a few very large ones a few 
ays before. 
On September 19th, I was called to the farm of Mr. F., in 
hesterfield County. I found three fine Jersey cows affected 
ith Southern cattle fever. Two were down, their urine was 
Imgst black, the temperature of both was 108° F. The other 
as standing, urine slightly tinged with coloring matter of the 
lood, temperature 104° F. I discovered no ticks on them., 
'he mild case and one of the acute cases recovered, the other 
