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Pathological Contributions. 
CATTLE PLAGUE. 
This disease, which continues in various provinces of 
Russia, has recently appeared in the City of St. Petersburg, 
and the following measures have been taken for its suppres¬ 
sion :—1st. Diseased or suspected animals must be slaughtered 
with indemnity to the owners; 2nd. Animals found in St. 
Petersburg shall not be conveyed to public fields ; and, 3rd, a 
most strict veterinary superveillance established in all places 
of the capital where cattle plague has manifested itself. 
In Austria-Hungary the disease has been exterminated in 
several of the provinces which were last month returned infected. 
The Upper House of the Reichsrath has discussed the 
Bill for the prevention of cattle plague by prohibiting the in¬ 
troduction of Russian cattle, and agreed to an amendment 
fixing the transition period at five years instead of three. The 
Lower House by 128 votes against 79 rejected this amendment. 
Cattle plague is said to be extinct in Lower Egypt. 
PLEURO-PNEUMONIA. 
From the Netherlands it is reported that there is a still 
further decrease in the number of attacks of pleuro-pneu- 
monia during the last month. 
In this country there is very little alteration in the rate of 
progress of the disease, as will appear from the return which 
we publish. 
HEALTH OF CAVALRY HORSES AT THE CAPE. 
Reports have reached us from time to time during the 
past month that the “ horse sickness” of South Africa is 
making serious inroads among the cavalry horses at the 
Cape, and that the Dragoons have lost many valuable animals 
in comparatively a short space of time. Great precautions 
are being taken to prevent the disease, and strict attention is 
being paid to the diet of the animals. We hope to learn 
that the true nature and causes of this fatal malady have 
been satisfactorily determined on by the veterinary surgeons 
who have gone out with their respective regiments. 
THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES (ANIMALS) ACT, 1878. 
Return of the Number of Places in Great Britain upon 
which contagious or infectious disease (except sheep-scab) 
has been reported to have existed during the week ended 
May 10th, 1879, with particulars relating thereto. 
