American Veterinary Review, 
SEPTEMBER, 1887. 
EDITORIAL. 
Stamping out Pleuro-Pneumonia. —The work of the Bureau of Animal In¬ 
dustry promises good results—now in New York and hard at work—Report of 
Dr. Salmon showing what has been accomplished up to June 30th—Illinois 
reported almost entirely free—enormous work of investigation performed by the 
inspectors—5,351 herds have been inspected, 49,094 animals examined; 4,851 
post-mortem examinations made, and 1,044 carcasses found diseased. Glan¬ 
ders in Montana. —The usefulness of sanitary reports once more illus¬ 
trated—they would show the extent of contagious diseases amongst our stock— 
Dr. Holloway’s statement—glanders now spread from army horses and mules sold 
instead of being killed after being condemned—great want of reform somewhere. 
United States Veterinary Medical Association. —The meeting is to take 
place in New York city on the 20th of September—great anticipation of a good 
meeting. Another paper for the Prize —offered and presented in this number. 
Stamping out Pleuro-Pneumonia. —The work of stamping 
out pleuro pneumonia, undertaken under the supervision of the 
Bureau of Animal Industry, gives fair promise of accomplishing 
a satisfactory result, and, as we have before had occasion to re¬ 
mark, seems likely to prove to be the means of wholly banishing 
this formidable and destructive disease from this country. If 
there is no suspension or diminution of the appropriation, and no 
interference with the work as it has been recently prosecuted, no 
one will ever regret the large amount of money our deliverance 
from the pest will have cost. 
The work which heretofore has been carried out principally 
in the West and in some of the Eastern States, has been recently 
inaugurated in New York, and though at first the presence of the 
disease was denied by the same, the officers of the Bureau of 
