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idly increase the germ production and intensify the virility 
of the bacteria, so that even native hogs will contract it and 
die. | 
KANSAS. 
Dr. R. H. Harrison, of Atchison, writes: 
“ Your favor of June ioth received. As State Secretary 
of Kansas for the U. S.V. M. Association I have prepared a 
report for the meeting to be held at Des Moines, Iowa, on 
September ioth and 12th, which will embody reports of con¬ 
tagious diseases as well as new methods of treatment.” 
Dr. S. L. Hunter, of Fort Leavenworth, contributes the 
following very interesting article: 
“ Being stationed at a military post, and my opportunities 
for general observation being limited, my report will of ne¬ 
cessity be brief. We have tuberculosis with us, as it is very 
generally distributed throughout the country, and it is my 
opinion that ten per cent, of our milch cows are affected to a 
greater or less degree. Have made a number of tests with 
• tuberculin ’ and a few post mortem examinations, but noth¬ 
ing new brought out. Am happy to state that the conta¬ 
gious pleuro-pneumoma (?) scare has subsided, but not with¬ 
out doing the cattle interests of Kansas a great injury, and 
will, no doubt, affect the whole country to some extent. In¬ 
fluenza has prevailed to quite an extent, having at one time 
about forty cases to treat, but no deaths. Glanders and farcy 
prevail in this locality notwithstanding the efforts of the 
State to stamp it out. I had in my private practice eight 
cows with a peculiar disease (to me) that I did not fully un¬ 
derstand. They were all taken sick within three days—very 
obstinate constipation, flatulenee, accelerated pulse and fever, 
discharge of mucus from the nostrils, and constant moaning. 
The animal persisted in lying down; the muzzle raw and 
bleeding, the mucous membranes of the eyes raw in places; 
sores on vulva, udder and teats. One had an abrasion of the 
skin on right side; this became hard and indurated, and the 
skin on head and neck became hard and thickened and laid 
in folds. The milk secretion nearly stopped; the skin on 
teats and lower half of udder became black, and exfoliated. 
