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disease I trust that I may be able to provoke a discussion that 
may throw more or less light on the subject. 
This disease as seen in cattle, very closely resembles rabies, 
and I doubt not has often been diagnosed as rabies, and for the 
want of a better term I will designate it as Pseudo Rabies, as a 
different affection has been termed Cerebro Spinal Meningitis. 
So far as I am aware this affection has never been described 
in the English language. 
• History. —During the summer of 1891 and spring of 1892 a 
disease, supposed to be rabies was prevalent throughout the 
north central part of the state. In the official capacity of Assist¬ 
ant State Veterinarian I visited several of these outbreaks. I 
will not burden you with names of owners and number of affected 
cattle, etc., suffice to say that I have all of them. In the major¬ 
ity of the outbreaks it was supposed that a rabid dog was the 
cause of the outbreak, and the owner and his neighbors usually 
believed that it was genuine rabies. Yet in several cases, I 
found that the better posted element of the community looked 
upon it as a new disease, or at least new to them; while in other 
outbreaks there was no account of a dog having been the cause, 
yet the symptoms of gross pathology was the same in the 
various outbreaks. 
Symtomatology. —In giving the symptoms you must bear 
in mind the fact that it is mostly made up from the observation 
of the parties associated with the animals, while I have seen the 
disease in all of its various stages, I have never had an opportun¬ 
ity of seeing the disease run its course in same animal, for as 
officials we are supposed to diagnose a disease and prescribe 
such regulations as are deemed necessary to control the spread 
of the disease and in case it be of a contagious nature and then 
return home. At least we would not be supposed to receive 
per diem for the time we were waiting to see the disease run its 
course. But from my observations and the history of the various 
outbreaks I feel that I can give the symptoms of a fairly typical 
case. 
The first symptoms noticed are bellowing in a peculiar harsh 
