74: QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. {1 Jury, 1899. 
Herd II., Kyneton.—This herd consisted of 20 milking cows, mainly 
Shorthorn, Ayrshire, and Jersey crosses. Most of the animals were in their 
milking prime and in good condition. The herd had been gradually got together 
during the preceding 18 months with the view of supplying milk for a retail 
distribution. It was well managed in every respect, hand-feeding and housing 
at night in a well-ventilated sanitary byre being practised in the winter. 
Test applied, 26th and 27th January, 1897—Koch’s tuberculin; doses, 0-4 
c.c. to 0°5 c.c. 
One cow re-acted definitely, giving a maximum rise of temperature of 5:0 
degrees F., and a mean rise during 34 hours of 3°1 degrees F. 
Particulars concerning this cow are given in Table C. 
Tasie C. 
Givinc GENERAL Description, TEMPERATURE, AND PostT-MORTEM APPEARANCES OF RE-AOTING 
Cow 1n Herp II 
Wo. 1 Description.—Big-framed half-bred Shorthorn-Ayrshire cow, 6 years old, in good 
condition and full milk— i 
Temperature before Injection. Temperature after Injection. Rise. 
8 hrs. | 5 hrs. | 1 hr. | Mean. |9 hrs.|11 hrs./13 hrs.|16 hrs.|19 hrs.|22 hrs.|25 hrs.|27 hrs./34 hrs.|Mean.|IVh’st Mear- 
101 Ss! 101-4 | 101°6 | 101°6 | 104°8| 104-4 1048) 105'2 106:6| 105°0| 104-4) 104-4] 103°0 | 1047] 5:0 | 3:1 
Post-mortem Appearances.—Tubercular patches in both lungs; tubercular 
lesions in right sub-lumbar lymphatic glands; grey nodules of tubercular 
character in the mammary gland (udder). 
Herd IIf,, Carlsruhe —The herd consisted of 8 milking cows, all pure-bred 
pedigreed Jerseys, in good milking condition, and well cared for. 
Test applied, 27th and 28th January, 1897—Koch’s tuberculin; dose, 0:3 
c.c. to 0°5 c.c. 
None of the animals re-acted. 
Herd IV., Sale, East Gippsland.—This herd consisted of 46 cows in good 
milking condition; ordinary dairy cows, with strains of Shorthorn, Ji ersey, 
Ayrshire, and Hereford. The herd was well managed and cared for, ensilage 
and other artificial foods being used regularly during the summer and winter 
months. 
Test applied, 22nd and 23rd March, 1897—Koch’s tuberculin; dose, 0-3 
c.c. to 0°5 c.c. 
None of the animals gave a definite re-action. In 2, however, the 
temperature rose sharply at the end of 12 hours to 104°6 degrees F. and 104-1 
degrees I". respectively, the rise being 3°0 and 2:2 respectively; but this rise was 
not maintained for more than an hour, the temperature in both cows being 
again normal at the end of 14 hours. These two cows were ré-tested a 
fortnight later, with the result that neither of them re-acted, the only alteration 
of temperature being a rise of 0-7 degrees F’. in one case, and 0-2 degrees F, ir 
the other, 10 hours after injection. 
Herd V., Tatura, Goulburn Valley.—This herd consisted of 25 ordinary 
dairy cows in fair milking condition, well managed and cared for. 
Test applied, 5th and 6th April, 1897—Koch’s tuberculin; dose, 0:4 e.c. to 
05 c.c. 
Five of the 25 cows gave re-actions,* the mean rise in temperature varying 
from 3°8 degrees ', to 2°1 degrees I. Particulars concerning these 5 cows are 
given in Table D. 
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* During the previous 6 months the owner had lost 2 cows from a ‘wasting disease,” which, 
according to the description of the symptoms given, was undoubtedly tuberculosis. 
