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Colorado Experiment Station. 
was about the same as on the 6th. On the 19th much brighter, swelling 
of brisket nearly all gone, that which was left being flabby. On the 23d 
he appeared entirely normal and was sold as a feeder on the 31st. 
During the time cases twenty and twenty-one were in the stockyards 
at Denver, they were under close observation by the inspectors of the 
U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry. 
The following data is appended as kindly submitted by Dr. J. C. 
Exline, Inspector in Charge. 
Denver, Colorado, September 25, 1914. 
Dr. J. C. Exline, 
Inspector in Charge, 
Denver, Colorado. 
Sir: August 5, 1914, there was received at the Denver Union Stock- 
yards from Jefferson, Colo., one red bull, weight about 1,200 pounds, and 
one red and white steer, weight about 1,000 pounds, held for observation, 
account so-called “Brisket Disease.” Animals found to be emaciated, an 
edematous condition noted, extending posteriorly from sub-sternal to 
scrotal region; between forelegs it was from 12 to 15 inches wide, pit on 
pressure, apparently filled with an exudate which involved the inferior 
thoracic-abdominal region, and legs. The following temperatures have 
been 
recorded: 
Aug. 
6. 
Bull— 3:00 
p.m. 
101.8 
Aug. 
6. 
Steer— 
3:00 
p.m. 
101.4 
Aug. 
7. 
Bull— 9:00 
a.m. 
101.4 
Aug. 
7. 
Steer— 
9:00 
a.m. 
101.2 
Aug. 
8. 
Bull— 8:30 
a.m. 
100.3 
Aug. 
8. 
Steer— 
8:30 
a.m. 
101.2 
Aug. 
8. 
Bull— 3.0 0 
p.m. 
101.2 
Aug. 
8. 
Steer— 
3:00 
p.m. 
102.4 
Aug. 
9. 
Bull—11:00 
a.m. 
101.2 
Aug. 
9. 
Steer— 
11:00 
a.m. 
102 
Aug. 
10. 
Bull— 8:30 
a.m. 
100.8 
Aug. 
10. 
Steer— 
8:30 
a.m. 
101 
Aug. 
10. 
Bull— 3:00 
p.m. 
104.4 
Aug. 
10. 
Steer— 
3:00 
p.m. 
103.2 
Aug. 
11. 
Bull—11:00 
a.m. 
101.6 
Aug. 
11. 
Steer— 
11:00 
a.m. 
103 
Aug. 
11. 
Bull— 4:00 
p.m. 
104 
Aug. 
11. 
Steer— 
4:00 
p.m. 
104 
Aug. 
12. 
Bull— 9:00 
a.m. 
101.8 
Aug. 
12. 
Steer— 
9:00 
a.m. 
102.6 
Aug. 
13. 
Bull— 9:00 
a.m. 
101.8 
Aug. 
13. 
Steer— 
9:00 
a.m. 
102.2 
Aug. 
14. 
Bull— 9.00 
a.m. 
101.2 
Aug. 
14. 
Steer— 
9:00 
a.m. 
100.6 
Aug. 
27. 
Bull—10:00 
a.m. 
101.8 
Aug. 
27. 
Steer— 
10:00 
a.m. 
102 
Aug. 
28. 
Bull— 9:00 
a.m. 
101 
Aug. 
28. 
Steer— 
9:00 
a.m. 
101.2 
Aug. 
28. 
Bull— 3:00 
p.m. 
102.6 
Aug. 
28. 
Steer— 
3:00 
p.m. 
101.8 
Aug. 
29. 
Bull— 9:00 
a.m. 
101.6 
Aug. 
29. 
Steer— 
9:00 
a.m. 
101.2 
Aug. 
29. 
Bull— 3:00 
p.m. 
102 
Aug. 
29. 
Steer— 
3:00 
p.m. 
101.8 
Pulse found soft and weak first few days. Urination frequent, nor¬ 
mal in color—the high temperatures probably due to being in open pens 
several days. Animals apparently regained normal condition and were 
shipped as feeders to Omaha, Neb., August 31, 1914. 
Very respectfully, 
A. W. SWEDBERG, 
V. I., Yards. 
Denver, Colo., October 6, 1914. 
Dr. J. C. Exline, 
Inspector in Charge. 
Sir: The following observations were made and temperatures taken 
for a period of eleven days, on two cases of brisket disease—bull and 
