Excerpt from Foot-Rot of Sheep: Its Nature, Cause, and Treatment Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a paper entitled "Foot-rot of sheep: Its nature, cause, and treatment," by John R. Mohler, V. M. D., chief, and Henry J. Washburn, D. V. S., acting assistant chief, of the Pathological Division of this Bureau. Owing to the magnitude of the sheep industry in this country and the serious character of the disease in question, it is of prime economic importance that our sheepmen should be in possession of full information concerning the nature, cause, and treatment of this malady. The authors have endeavored to present these matters in a clear and comprehensive manner by means of an analysis of the previous knowledge of the subject, supplemented by original investigations and experiments undertaken for this work. Foot-rot of sheep, while not usually fatal in its results, is nevertheless a possible source of great danger and loss to sheep owners because of its highly contagious nature and the frequent violence of its outbreaks, whereby the animals become stunted, owing to the slow, protracted course of the disease; to all of which must be added the difficulty of completely eradicating the virus from the soil and premises. In view of these considerations, I recommend the publication of the article as Bulletin No.63 of the Bureau series. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.