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ranean sea—Algeria aud Tunis, fur instance, it was imported 
to De Witt County, Illinois, by an imported stallion, presumably 
from France. Algeria being a French possession, we may im¬ 
agine how the disease may have come from there, and thence 
here. 
So far as I could gather from various sources in my personal 
investigations of that disease so near our borders, six imported 
stallions have died from its effects, and fifteen diseased are now 
iu quarantine. Three hundred and ninety-six mares were bred to 
affected or suspected stallions, seventy-five of them became 
affected or are suspected, and 48 per cent., according to some, 50 
per cent., according to others, of the mares that became diseased 
have died from it. On account of the breeding records kept, it 
was comparatively easy for the State authorities to trace every 
suspicious case that had not left the State. So far as known, 
only three cases—one stallion and two mares that were exposed— 
have left Illinois for parts in Nebraska, Michigan and Massa¬ 
chusetts, respectively. All dangerous stock is strictly quaran¬ 
tined. 
The disease is a severe blow to the farmers of De Witt 
County, Illinois. In order that our horse-raising industry may 
not suffer from the same source, nobody should buy brood mares 
or stallions from the county above mentioned, especially from the 
neighborhood of Clinton, without a certificate of health from the 
State Veterinarian of Illinois, or some of his regularly appointed 
assistants. In fact, the same precautions should be taken in buy¬ 
ing such stock in the neighborhood of De Witt County for some 
time to come. 
The disease is a slow progressing one, but generally fatal or 
incurable, and very hideous in appearance. In due season I shall 
describe it to the people, as I intend to do a few diseases that 
seem to be transmitted more or less directly by heredity, and 
which the agriculturists of the State should know and understand. 
In my next, or some future report, I intend to write again 
concerning glanders. I had very little time during the last three 
months to attend personally to outbreaks of this malady. 
.Respectfully submitted. 
Paul Paquin, M.D., V.S. 
