VETERINARY QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2371, 10 August 1899, Page 46

VETERINARY QUERIES.

(Amwered by a du!y analMed VeKrlnarr SarcMm " Queries mint be reo«l«J bj MONDAY, ulfht (a eniurt r«ij .« the lucoeajlnj Inue.J * ' TtjßEacuiJN. — Before answering this read the experiences of the medical superintendent of the Christchurch Lunatic Asy- - him, as reported in the Otago Witness, July 20, in which he is reported to nave eaid : — ' "The Stock Department tested our dairy htrd with tuberculin. Several animals reacted to the test, but the conditions under which the examinations were conducted, as well as the apparently robust health of most of the iinimals, seemed to leave some doubt us to its reliability in the mind of the operator. Towards thu end of the year, in December last, the Government verterinaiy surgeon conducted a very full and careful examination of the whole herd with tuberculin, with the unfortunate result that a very large proportion reacted." These facts speak for themselves: "What a man soweth, that shall he also reap." The superintendent waa surprised at his luxurious crop. I wonder it did not oc cur to his mind that the products of an infective disease injected into apparently robust, healthy animals would produce thesame lesions in them. It is a pity such fina herds of- robust, healthy animals should -tie destroyed by poisonous experiments, thus •crippling the dairy industry, one 'of the mainstays of the colony/ The only inference we. can draw from the history of these facts is that the tuberculin test is a sure method of spreading tuberculosis amongst our robust and healthy herds, thus defeating the very purposes for which it was applied— viz., to maintain innocuous our milk and meat supply. PTJBLIOATVOXS KEOSIYEP. The Triad for August as usual presents something of interest in each page— either a charming picture or an equally charming piece of no doubt well-deserved criticism on some current topic. The secret of our contemporary's success lies in the fact that the effects of a. vein of original observation of men and manners are traceable in every page. A double musical supplement, " Oh, hush Ihee, my Baby." and " Faust Waltz." accompanies th« number, and 'amongst the illustrations are reproductions of some of the photographs at the Otago Society's recent exhibition. Mr Braithwsiite sends us the June number of the Strand Magazine. This is a double number, containing 208 pages .with 248 illustrations. Tho Strand still maintains its position as one of the beit conducted of the many excellent magazines now before the public.