BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS. 
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ters whose duty it is to destroy all hard, dry substances 
which have resisted the putrefaction. They appear after the 
third year. They are Anthrcma, some Dermestes, and a few 
Tine o la. 
The last group of these workers are coleopters of the Ten- 
ebrio and Phisus kinds. They are found in cadavers going 
back four years.— Ibid. 
INVESTIGATION OF BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS, 
WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ITS EXISTENCE IN IOWA. 
By Prof. N. Stalker and Prof. W. B. Niles.* 
In the bulletin issued by the Experimental Station of the 
Iowa Agricultural College, the results of the many observa¬ 
tions made by the staff are presented, especially to the farm¬ 
ers, with the conclusions drawn from tests and experiments 
made at the station, and also some additional and well estab¬ 
lished facts on the subject of tuberculosis. Speaking of these 
last the bulletin says: 
The following may be said to cover a portion of the ground 
that has been practically cleared from doubt. 
(1) Tuberculosis of the lower animals is identical with 
human consumption. 
(2) It is an infectious disease. 
(3) The disease may be transmitted from man to the lower 
animals and from the lower animals to man. 
(4) Tuberculosis causes more deaths in the human family 
than any other disease. 
(5) Cows are especially susceptible to the disease, and are 
extensively affected by it. 
(6) Milk from tuberculous cows may convey disease to 
the consumer. 
(7) Milk from tuberculous cows having non-affected ud¬ 
ders may convey the disease. 
(8) The flesh of tuberculous animals may convey the 
disease. 
* Extract from Bulletin No. 29. 
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