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Pathological Contributions. 
CATTLE PLAGUE. 
No extension of the disease has taken place in the neigh¬ 
bourhood of Warsaw ; but it continues in the district of 
Berdiausk, in Poland, where it is said to be confined to one 
village. Cattle plague also prevails in the Provinces of Bes¬ 
sarabia, Volhynia, Ekaterinoslav, Podolia, Taurida, and 
Kherson. 
In Austria the disease still exists in the military frontier ; 
but Dalmatia, Hungary, Croatia, Slavonia and Carniola are 
declared to be free. 
Cattle plague has broken out in a village in the Island of 
Rhodes, and 7 oxen have died. Necessary measures have 
been taken. 
The disease still continues in the Mauritius, and since 
the 5th of November, 3409 head of cattle and 141 deer 
have died of the disease. 
The latest intelligence from Cyprus, relative to the cattle 
plague, comes down to January 26th, when it was stated 
that the disease was still spreading, and had attacked the 
cattle of the peasants leading to most serious losses through¬ 
out the island. 
PLEURO-PNEUMONIA. 
From the United States, reports have been received of 
the existence of this disease in Putnam country, in the 
State of New York, also in the State of New Jersey ; besides 
which a few cases have occurred in the State of Pennsylvania. 
Facts and Observations. 
Feeding Horses with Fleshmeal. By Dunkelberg 
[Bied. Centr., 1879, 342—344).— At Diinkelberg’s sugges¬ 
tion, Yoigts-Rhetz introduced fleshmeal into the food of the 
horses of his regiment. The results were very satisfactory, 
the condition and appetite of the horses becoming much 
improved. Diinkelberg states that to eveiy kilogram of 
dried fleshmeal must be added 5*25 grams chloride of potas¬ 
sium, 27*9 grams phosphate of potassium, and 2 9 grams 
