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tain and absolutely protective is inoculation in its effects that I 
feel confident that, as its practice extends, the dread of pleuro¬ 
pneumonia will cease.” 
It cannot be doubted, then, that the enlightened practitioner 
will now, instead of depending alone upon “ stamping out ” to 
combat this plague, while carefully segregating his animals and 
destroying those found affected, will give to the unaffected portion 
of the herd the protection of inoculation, thereby reducing his 
losses to the smallest amount. 
II.— Cattle Plague—Rinderpest. 
This affection—fearful as have been its ravages in Britain— 
we are not likely ever to see in this country. It is indigenous, 
notin Britain, but in Russia, with which country we have no trade 
in cattle. It is not known in the United States. In Great Brit¬ 
ain it has been ‘‘stamped out.” But, even did it exist in Britain, 
we are comparatively safe from its introduction, from the fact 
that its incubative stage is very short (eight days or less), conse¬ 
quently its presence would be manifest on the stock reaching our 
shores after the sea voyage. Nevertheless, it is well to be ac¬ 
quainted with its characteristics. The following account has been 
condensed from the writings of Professor Garngee, one of the 
best authorities on the subject:— 
“ This terrible disease is a very contagious fever, characterized 
by specific lesions of the intestines, similar to those of enteric 
fever in man. It is confined to the bovine species, only rarely 
affecting sheep. It spreads somewhat slowly, and is not very fatal 
where it originates as an enzootic, but it is propagated very rap¬ 
idly, and is the most fatal of all cattle plagues when it passes 
into Central Europe. The disease has a short period of incuba¬ 
tion, and is characterized by alarming symptoms, which warn 
people earty of its outbreak. It is not so insidious as pleuro¬ 
pneumonia—not seen in a latent form, therefore, cannot penetrate 
a country so readily unobserved. 
“ Symptoms .—The first signs consist in dullness, prostration, 
and a short, husky cough. The appetite is not lost, but is irreg¬ 
ular ; rumination is also slow and irregular. The animal grinds 
