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among- the animals of the ovine than among those of the 
porcine species. 
In a second report which I recently addressed to the ad¬ 
ministration, I gave an account of experiences that unques¬ 
tionably establish the scientific exactness of my first con¬ 
clusions. 
Cultures made in the Basses-Alpes from the lesions in 
sheep, and cultures taken from these, induced pneumo-enteri¬ 
tis in guinea-pigs and rabbits. The virus has been cultivated 
from guinea-pig to guinea-pig, and then returned to the hog 
and sheep. Two young pigs inoculated—one with the culture 
derived from that which had been made in the Basses-Alpes, 
the other with blood from a guinea-pig killed by a culture— 
had the symptoms of pneumo-enteritis; they coughed, dis¬ 
charged at the nose, had fever, loss of appetite, chills, colic, 
red spots on the body, etc. Both survived and are on the 
way to recovery. On March i, having found at the abattoir 
in Lyon, a pig that presented the lesions of pneumo-enteritis 
in process of healing, I used the bronchic ganglions from which 
to make preparations, cultures, and inoculations with the 
view to compare the results with those given by the experi¬ 
ences obtained with the cultures from the Basses-Alpes. In 
both cases the preparations and cultures showed the same 
bacterium; the inoculations gave the same results, the same 
symptoms, the same lesions, the same malady, in a word, in 
guinea-pigs, rabbits, hens, pigeons, dogs, sheep and goats. The 
two viruses, inoculated for comparison in several series of the 
animals just enumerated, caused them to perish of the same 
affection. Besides a number of guinea-pigs, rabbits, hens, 
and pigeons, eight sheep, four goats, and four dogs were sub¬ 
jected to the action of the two viruses. All these animals 
succumbed, presenting the symptoms of pneumo-enteritis. 
All showed in their blood and their organs the same bacteria. 
The sheep and the goats presented the symptoms that had 
been observed in the flocks at the Basses-Alpes : redness in 
the regions of delicate skin, signs of pulmonary disease and 
enteritis, swelling, etc., were observed among these animals. 
The lesions were particularly remarkable for their constancy, 
