158 STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 
It must be remembered that all of these animals have had good care and 
attention, and have not been exposed to conditions or circumstances that would 
cause the disease to develop. 
Report of the Veterinarian, February 7, zé99.—Of the four Devon cows. 
examined, No. 1337 does not seem to be in as thrifty condition as she ought to 
be, considering her care and feed. No. 1341 is not in as thrifty condition as. 
No. 1337, and would probably be condemned as tuberculous on a physical 
examination. Nos. 1343 and 1344 are in excellent condition, physically, both 
being rather fat, and are looking well. The only evidence of disease is found 
in No, 1343, her respirations not being as full and deep as they should be 
normally, No cough was noted in any of the animals. 
Report of the Veterinarian, May 26, 1900.—Cow No. 1337. Inceexcelient 
physical condition as far as could be determined; good flesh, coat smooth and 
of good color, respirations sixteen per minute. J was unable to detect any — 
abnormal sounds or absence of sounds in the lungs upon auscultation. This. 
cow is evidently well along in pregnancy. 
Cow No. 1341. Thin in flesh and does not look in a thrifty condition. 
Coat is rough and has not shed well. A part of her physical condition may be 
attributed to her having been in milk for some time. This cow’s lungs appear 
to be slightly affected. Respirations, twenty-two per minute. 
Cow No. 1343. Rather thin in flesh. Coat looks some better than No. 
1341, but No. 1343 coughs quite badly, and auscultation reveals considerable 
areas of solidification in both lungs. Respirations, thirty-six per minute. 
Cow No. 1344. Very thin in flesh, and her general physical condition is not 
good. She is suffering from severe lameness in the right hind leg, which 
appears to be due to a tubercular affection of the stifle joint. A considerable 
portion of this cow’s poor condition must be attributed to her lameness. Res- 
pirations, twenty per minute. | 
N.S. Mayo, D.V.S., College Veterinarian. 
FEEDING CALVES WITH THE MILK OF TUBERCULOUS COWS. 
A large part of the time during the past three and one-half 
years the milk of the four tuberculous cows has been fed to 
calves. In some instances the milk has been fed until the calf 
Wasa year or more in age. In a few cases the calves were 
allowed to suckle their dams, while in others they were fed the 
milk from pails. In most of these experiments the calves have 
been kept in the same stable with the cows, and, of course, 
there was considerable likeliness that the. disease might be 
contracted from other sources than the milk. One object of 
the experiment was to test the relative danger in keeping 
calves associated with the cows. In some later experiments 
calves are being fed the milk of these cows while being quar- 
anteened from them. 

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