REPORT OF THE CONSULTING VETERINARIAN. PM 
Report of the Consulting Veterinarian. 
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To the Director of the Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station: 
Srr:—The official duties of this department of the Station 
staff consist mostly of answering letters of inquiry with regard 
to animals suffering from various diseases, and occasional visits 
to farms when the difficulty seems to warrant investigation and 
the expense. During the past year one visit was made to the 
Church family of Shakers, Shaker Station, where for some 
time they had been losing nearly all their young Calvesian lie 
vestigation showed that the calves succumbed to a peculiar 
infectious diarrhea known as ‘‘ white scours.’’ ‘The outbreak 
was apparently checked by strenuous disinfection of stables, 
improving ventilation, and cleanliness, as well as by observing 
certain methods in the care of the new-born calf, the most im- 
portant being the early disinfecting and ligating of the umbilical 
cord. Attention was also called to the necessity of cleanliness 
of all feeding vessels and a proper regard for the temperature 
of the milk and the time of feeding. 
A visit was paid recently to the farm of Mr. Charles Jarvis 
of Berlin, Conn., to investigate the cause of persistent and ex- 
tensive abortion in his dairy herd. No doubt could be enter- 
tained after looking over the stable and herd and conversing 
. with the farmer that the trouble was “ contagious abortion.”’ 
Mr. Jarvis willingly agreed to methods of stable disinfection, 
etc., that were suggested. The stables have all been washed 
and scraped and then washed with a strong carbolic solution 
and finally given a coat of strong lime wash containing five per 
cent. carbolic acid. All flooring and other parts of the stable 
that needed repairing have been replaced with new material. 
