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1911 University Of Illinois Urbana Bulletin 152 Contagious Abortion of Cows TF9

1911 University Of Illinois Urbana Bulletin 152 Contagious Abortion of Cows TF9

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1911 University Of Illinois Urbana Bulletin 152 Contagious Abortion of Cows TF9


UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
Agricultural Experiment Station
BULLETIN NO. 152
CONTAGIOUS ABORTION OF COWS
BY W. J. MACNEAL IN COOPERATION WITH HERBERT W. MUMFORD
URBANA, ILLINOIS, NOVEMBER, 1911

INTRODUCTION
The premature discharge of the products of conception from the uterus is a not infrequent occurrence among domestic animals, and doubtless various factors may from time to time operate in its causation.
For a long time, however, practical husbandmen have
recognized an epizootic or contagious kind of abortion, a definite transmissible disease in which the loss of the fetus is the most prominent characteristic.
The transmissibility of contagious abor-
tion of cows appears to have been demonstrated experimentally for the first time by Brauer.
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