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REPORT WITH REFERENCE TO THE EXTENSION OF INFECTIOUS ANI¬ 
MALS DISEASED IN PRUSSIA AND SAXONY, FOR THE FIRST 
QUARTER OF 1878. REFER ANT, PROF. MUELLER. 
1. Milzbrand. (Anthrax.) 
Occurred in Last quarter of 1877. First Quarter of 1878. 
In 114 Districts. In 99 Districts. 
In 194 Towns or Cities. In 157 Towns or Cities. 
In 213 Localities. In 171 Localities. 
The number of infectious centres was accordingly less in the 
first quarter of 187S. 
Lethally Ending Cases. 
Fourth quarter of 1877: Horses, 17 ; cattle, 234; sheep, 113; 
swine, 33. 
First quarter of 1878 : Horses, 23 ; cattle, 200 ; sheep, 440 ; 
swine, 7. 
Three dogs are also reported as having died from eating portions 
of an anthrax-diseased cadaver. 
With regard to aetiology, nothing new is to be communicated. 
2. Aptha: Epizootics. (Maul und Klauenseuche.) 
The important extension which the pest acquired during the 
last quarter of 1877, has become somewhat restricted ; the disease 
appeared in 
Fourth Quarter of 1877 
In 166 Districts. 
In 601. Towns and Cities. 
In 1391 Localities. 
First Quarter of 1878. 
In 139 Districts.' 
In 282 Towns and Cities. 
In 396 Localities. 
For the Fourth quarter 1877, were diseased, 10,680 cattle; 853 
sheep; 375 swine. 
For the First quarter 1878, were diseased, 5,686 cattle; 649 
sheep; 978 swine. 
Died, Fourth quarter 1877, 61 cattle, 72 swine. 
“ First “ 1878, 36 “ 18 “ 
The introduction of the disease was in most cases ascertained, and 
can be said to have been interposed by means of the traffic in cat- 
