Brisket Disease. 
21 
steer—at the Denver Union Stockyards: 
Subject: Shorthorn bull, about live years old, in poor condition, 
with considerable swelling of brisket. 
TEMPERATURE. 
10 i 
a.m. 
3 p.m. 
Aug. 
15. 
101.6 
Aug. 
16. 
No temperature taken. 
Aug. 
17. 
100.8 
102 
Aug. 
18. 
101 
101.6 
Aug. 
19. 
101.4 
102 
Aug. 
20. 
100.6 
100.8 
Aug. 
21. 
100.6 
101.8 
Aug. 
22. 
101.4 
100.2 
Aug. 
23. 
100.4 
Aug. 
24. 
101.4 
101 
Aug. 
25. 
101 
103.8 
The swelling of brisket generally lessened from day to day until on 
tne day of the last observation it had almost entirely disappeared. 
Subject: Steer, grade, about four years old, in poor condition, 
brisket very much swollen. 
TEMPERATURE. 
10 a.m. 
Aug. 15. 
Aug. 16. 
Aug. 17. 
Aug. 18. 
Diarrhoea was present up 
normal. 
3 p.m. 
102 
No temperature taken. 
102.6 102.4 
101.6 102.4 
to this date when the evacuations became 
TEMPERATURE. 
10 a.m. 
3 p. m. 
Aug. 
19. 
101.8 
101.8 
Aug. 
20. 
101.4 
102 
Aug. 
21. 
100.8 
101.4 
Aug. 
22. 
101 
101.4 
Aug. 
23. 
100.6 
Aug. 
24. 
100.6 
101.2 
Aug. 
25. 
100 
103 
There was still considerable swelling of brisket on this date, but it 
had lessened from day to day during the period of observation. 
The high temperature of both bull and steer, at 3 p. m., on August 
25, were probably due to the animals being removed from a covered shed 
to an open corral. 
During the period of observation, both animals ate well and drank 
freely. Very respectfully, 
H. B. CHANEY, V. I. 
CASE 23.—Yearling steer, grade Hereford; raised at an altitude of 
about nine thousand feet; was noticed to be ailing some two weeks be¬ 
fore shipping out. Two days after shipping the brisket was markedly 
swollen and diarrhoea was profuse. On the day of shipping, however, 
the brisket was not swollen. Arrived at Fort Collins September 15, 1914. 
He was extremely weak and rather dull, appetite good, hind limbs cov¬ 
ered with feces showing a previous diarrhoea; respiration 120; heart- 
