Further observations on goats, cats, rats, and ambulatory cases in connection with Mediterranean fever

Abstract

The advisory committee having suggested the advisability of making observations to determine whether or not there existed a seasonal prevalence of Mediterranean Fever amongst goats such as exist amongst men, I proceeded during the first week in March, 1906, to re-examine the goats supplying milk to Bighi Hospital in order to be able to compare the winter prevalence then found with the summer prevalence previously ascertained by me in the same group of goats in June to July, 1905. This examination was commenced on March 3 and finished on March 11. At this period 74 goats were supplying milk to this hospital as against 91 goats at the previous examination. The component herds were the same on both occasions, but the smaller number in the winter was due to the larger average yield of milk per goat at the period associated with a somewhat smaller number of patients in hospital.