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S. WILTSHIRE. 
In the ox, laminitis is more frequent in the hind than in 
the fore feet. It is, however, more serious in the latter, the in¬ 
ner being more affected than the outer toe. The foundered ox 
walks with hesitation, and takes advantage of every opportunity 
to lie down. When standing, his back is arched, the feet closed 
together, the hind feet resting on the heels, the fore legs on the 
points of the toes. The fever is severe, sometimes attended with 
loss of appetite and of rumination. If the disease continues 
long, the cattle will die. The abdomen is stuck up and the ani¬ 
mal loses flesh very rapidly, indicating a serious condition, as the 
disease is principally found in fat animals, which are obliged to 
make forced marches to be delivered at their markets. 
( To be continued .) 
ANTHRAX IN NATAL, 
By S. Wiltshire, Colonial Yetei'inary Surgeon. 
(report to the colonial secretary.) 
(Continued from page 220.) 
CONTAGION. 
As the germs of anthrax exist outside the system, chiefly, if 
not entirely, as spores which retain their vitality for long periods 
—especially when dried—we can understand the danger to 
healthy animals grazing over or frequenting the places where dis¬ 
eased ones have been, and particularly over spots where they 
have been buried. 
Bearing upon this subject, my friend, Mr. J. W. Winter, 
M.R.C.V.S., has favored me with a valuable note —“ I believe 
it is a proved fact that pastures upon which diseased stock have 
fed and died are inoccuous during the first season, but most fatal 
when the grass again springs. This would go to prove that it 
took some time for the generation and multiplication of the 
germs of disease before they could affect other animals feeding 
upon the grass of the same locality.” 
It appears to be necessary that the mucous membrane or the 
skin should be abraded for the disease to be contracted—except 
