§ 68. Mr. C. BATHURSTasked whether the recent successful cultivation of the 1938 bacillus of scrapie in sheep by Mr. F. W. Twort, superintendent of the Brown Institution, is, in the opinion of his veterinary experts, likely to result in the discovery of a cure for this new disease or in the preventive inoculation of sound animals against it?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANI have seen a statement in the Press to the effect that Mr. Twort has succeeded in growing the bacillus of scrapie. On inquiry, however, I am informed that the statement is incorrect; apparently it was due to the common confusion of scrapie with Johne's disease, which is really quite distinct.