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interesting statistics on serum therapy and urged the collection of 
a collection of a greater colurne of figures on this important field 
of veterinary practice. Dr. A. T. Peters, bacteriologist of the 
Livestock Sanitary Board of Illinois, and Dr. J. I. Gibson, State 
Veterinarian of Iowa, originated a lively debate relative to the 
control of shipments of cholera virus. It developed the sense of 
the association to be that State officials should control every drop 
of cholera virus shipped into or within the State. 
The paper on “ Intradermal Tuberculin Testing,” by Dr. D. 
F. Lucky, former State Veterinarian of Missouri, which was sup¬ 
plemented by a practical demonstration of methods employed in 
giving the test by Dr. D. L. Brown, Deputy State Veterinarian 
of Missouri, proved attractive, in view of the demonstrations 
then being conducted by the association. Dr. Luckey stated that 
as State Veterinarian he had employed the intradermal method 
in several thousand head with 98 per cent, correctness. He di¬ 
rected attention to great saving of time and labor it afforded and 
to the duration of the reaction. 
The following morning ninety-eight head of cattle were 
slaughtered at Swift & Co.’s plant and autopsies conducted to de¬ 
termine the correctness of the intradermal and ophthalmic tests. 
The cattle were very kindly purchased by Swift & Co. and turned 
over to the association for the demonstration. Forty head were 
given the intradermal test on Tuesday morning. To thirteen 
head of the forty the subcutaneous test had been previously given. 
The same animals reacted to both tests and post-mortem examina¬ 
tion showed sufficient lesions to make a diagnosis positive of tu¬ 
berculosis. 
Fifty-eight head were given the ophthalmic test on Wednes¬ 
day afternoon. Thirty-three head of the fifty-eight had pre¬ 
viously been subjected to the subcutaneous test. Six head reacted 
to the ophthalmic test and two of the six had reacted to the sub¬ 
cutaneous test. The two latter showed diagnostic lesions, and all 
but one of the other four which had reacted to the ophthalmic 
test showed sufficient lesions for diagnosis. This one was held 
for careful subsequent inspection, the results of which are not 
yet known. One of the ocular reactors showed lesions in the liver 
only and at only one small focus there, which is interesting when 
considered with reference to the sensitiveness of the test. 
The following table shows the results of the test in per¬ 
centage : 
