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TEXAS OR SOUTHERN CATTLE FEVER.
hatched cattle ticks on susceptible cattle. All these results were re-
confirmed in the summers of 1891 and 1892.
These investigations have thus far brought to light two important
facts: (1) The constant presence of a blood corpuscle-destroying micro-
organism in Texas fever, and (2) the transmission of the disease from
cattle to cattle by the cattle tick. The various experiments and obser-
vations which have led to these results are embodied in the following
report and appendix.
The subject of Texas cattle fever has been treated of in the following
publications, which are referred to in the text by the number prefixed
to each title:
(1) Transactions of the New York State Agricultural Society, 1867, part 2.
(2) Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture on the Diseases of Cattle in the
United States. Washington, 1871. (Reports by Mr. John Gamgee, J. R. Dodge, and
Drs. J. S. Billings and Curtis.)
(3) Contagious Diseases of Animals. Special report No. 22. (Report by Dr. D.
E. Salmon, pp. 98-142.)
(4) Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for 1881-'82. (Report by Dr. D. E.
Salmon, pp. 300-306.)
(5) Contagious Diseases of Animals. Washington, 1883. (Report by Dr. D. E.
Salmon, pp. 13-44. Report by Dr. J. H. Detmers, pp. 103-145.)
(6) First Annual Report of the Bureau of Animal Industry, 1884. (Report by Dr.
D. E. Salmon, Chief of the Bureau, pp. 214-221.)
(7) Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Animal Industry, 1885. (Report by
Dr. D. E. Salmon, Chief of the Bureau, pp. 247-274.)
(8) Bulletin of the Agricultural Experiment Station of Nebraska, II, No. 3.
(Southern Cattle Plague and Yellow Fever from the Etiological and Prophylactic
Standpoints. By Frank S. Billings.)
(9) Texas Fever. By Paul Paquin. (Missouri Agricultural College Experiment
Station, Bulletin No. 11, May, 1890.)
(10) Third Annual Report of the Arkansas Experiment Station, 1890. (Report by
R. R. Dinwiddie, Veterinarian, pp. 98-122.)14
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Smith, Theobold & Kilborne, Fred Lucius. Investigations into the Nature, Causation, and Prevention of Texas or Southern Cattle Fever, book, 1893; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143538/m1/14/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries.