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NEWS AND ITEMS. 
Contagious Abortion. —A. O. Dinsmoer, of Mower Co., 
Minn., writes to the Breeders Gazette to state that in 1894 he 
lost more than two-thirds of his large calf crop by abortion. 
Investigation for cause gave the history of a cow being 
brought to his bull for service which had a short time before 
“slunk ” her calf. He argued that the bull became infected 
from that cow, as cows served by that bull previous to co¬ 
habitation with the suspected cow did not abort. He there¬ 
upon changed his bull, and his cows calved at the normal 
term in 1895, with but one exception. 
Pleuro-Pneumonia in Australia. —According to the 
American veterinary inspectors stationed at British ports, 
Australian cattle have been shipped to England and showed 
six cases of pleuro-pneumonia. Why don’t England inaugu¬ 
rate the American way to dispose of that disease. 
Golden Rod. —Dr. Rusby, Prof, of Botany at the College 
of Pharmacy and American Veterinary College, endorses the 
opinion of Dr. C. F. Scott, State Veterinarian of Wisconsin, 
as to the poisonous qualities of Golden Rod. Horses ought 
not be allowed to eat it. 
Anti-Toxine in the Treatment of Lockjaw. —While 
authorities are willing to grant only anti-toxine prophylactic 
properties in tetanus, there are others who claim that it is 
beneficial in the treatment of at least sub-acute or chronic 
cases. While we do not know of any authentic cases well 
recorded, and in the presence of the fact that success has been 
claimed by some, it is evident that anti-toxine ought to be 
tried and the results made public. 
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