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trail of these cattle, died about three weeks later. Forty-one 
head of the eighty-five that were shipped from St. Louis were 
sent to the Chicago market for sale. None in the bunch had 
yet shown any signs of disease, but the owner became alarmed 
when he heard some of the other cattle had died, and he 
thought it would be safer for him to market his. When they 
arrived in Chicago they were placed in the Texas division, 
and I was immediately notified. Next day we took them to 
the slaughter-house and killed them under my inspection. I 
found seven of them showing lesions of the disease, five of 
which were so bad that I condemned them as unfit for human 
food. Two others I condemned for being very badly affected 
with distoma hepatica. 
Anthrax .—There were only two cases of death by this 
disease reported this season. 
Intestinal Worms .—The disease caused by the strongylus 
tetracanthus and the strongylus armatus seems to be increas¬ 
ing in this State year by year. Last fall and winter there 
were probably 200 deaths that have been reported to me, 
caused by these parasites. 
Rabies .— 1 have had two reports of outbreaks of rabies 
among horses, cattle, and dogs, but I had no opportunity to 
make a personal investigation. I have reason to believe that 1 
at least one of these reports was true. In connection with 
this subject I will present an abstract from a letter written to 
me by Dr. A. H. Baker, of Chicago: ; 
“ The only thing in practice that I can think of, of interest 
to you, is a very prevalent disease of dogs that we call diph¬ 
theria, but it is a question in my mind whether it is properly 
named, for there is an absence of any diphtheritic membrane. 
The dog is attacked with high fever, rapid pulse, and loss of 
appetite. On the second day the lower jaw begins to drop, 
and drops more and more from day to day. The visible mu- 
cous membranes, especially that of the mouth, are at first in¬ 
jected and become livid on the third day, with inability to 
swallow at that time. They rapidly grow worse and die from 
collapse at the end of the fourth or beginning of the fifth day. 
There is no delirium, no inclination to bite or gnaw. Inocu- 
