V. DISEASES OF THE BLOOD 406 Septicæmia of new-born animals 406 Takosis: a contagious disease of goats 412 Blood poisoning (Malignant œdema) in sheep and lambs in New Zealand 415 Piroplasmosis 416 Bovine piroplasmosis 416 Bovine piroplasmosis in France 424 Ovine piroplasmosis 425 Diseases produced by trypanosomata 426 Louping-ill 429 Suggested measures for prevention 435 Braxy 435 Bilharziosis in cattle and sheep 439 Heat stroke—Over-exertion 442 VI. DISEASES OF THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM 444 The lymphogenic diathesis 448 Caseous lymphadenitis of the sheep 453 Goitre in calves and lambs 453 SECTION V. NERVOUS SYSTEM. Cerebral congestion 456 Meningitis 456 Encephalitis 458 Cerebral Tumours 459 Insolation 460 Post-partum paralysis—Milk fever—Mammary toxæmia—Parturient apoplexy—Dropping after calving 461 Cœnurosis (Gid, sturdy, turn-sick) 467 “Trembling,” or Lumbar prurigo, in sheep 475 SECTION VI. DISEASES OF THE PERITONEUM AND ABDOMINAL CAVITY. I. PERITONITIS 478 Acute peritonitis 478 Chronic peritonitis 481 Ascites 483 Peritoneal cysticercosis 485