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brane in the upper air passages, and which was studded with numerous necrotic 

 areas. The mucosa of the first 3 sections of the stomach was also affected. 



The author believes that this is a case of metastatic Infection caused by a 

 bacterium simulating B. coli. 



A contribution to the biology of the streptococcus of colpitis granulosa 

 infectiosa, J. HaSak (TierdrzU. ZentU., 34 {191U), Nos. 1, pp. 2-5; 2; 3, pp. 

 39-41; abs. in Berlin, TierdrzU. Wchnschr., 22 {1911), No. 11, p. 3iO).— This 

 is a short streptococcus which can be cultivated along with the other organisms 

 occurring in the vaginal secretion of diseased boviues. Several strains of the 

 organism isolated were found to differ among themselves, and furthermore, 

 their hemolytic power was found to be very variable. The serum from rabbits 

 which were immunized with this organism was found not only to agglutinate 

 the particular strain employed, but others also in great dilution. Placing the 

 organism in the vagina of healthy animals produced the disease in from 8 to 10 

 days. 



The treatment of contagious vaginal catarrh in bovines, von Velasco 

 {Miinchen. TierdrzU. Wchnschr., 55 (1911), No. 29, pp. J/SG, 487).— Good results 

 were obtained with 160 bovines by utilizing a mixture composed of copper 

 sulphate, alum, and potassium permanganate (quantities not stated), of which 

 a teaspoonful is dissolved in 1 liter of water, and 120 cc. injected with a syringe 

 into the vagina once daily for 3 weeks. 



Steers are treated in the same manner per urethra. 



An effective method for combating infectious vaginal catarrh of bovines, 

 Mengershausen {Deut. Landiv. Tierzucht, 15 (1911), No. 21, pp. 324, 325).— 

 The method consists of utilizing tamix)ns saturated with a 3 per cent solution 

 of lysoform. 



Parturient paresis (parturient apoplexy or milk fever), R. Ebbitt {Amer. 

 Vet. Rev., 39 {1911), No. 5, pp. 563, 564). — After giving in a general way a re- 

 trospect in regard to this condition the author describes the usual method of 

 treating it without drugs " by inflation of the udder with air and allowing it 

 to x-emain at least 20 hours before milking out," as he applies it. Where con- 

 stipation accompanies the condition it is relieved by giving an injection of tepid 

 water. 



Traumatic lesions of the udder and tristreaming (Ads. in BerUn. TierdrzU. 

 Wchnschr:, 26 {1910), No: 49, p. 916). — ^A collection of studies of cases in ani- 

 mals in which the udder delivered 2 and 3 streams (divided milk streams) 

 points to the fact that in from 5 to 30 per cent of the cases in which the condi- 

 tion was due to yellow gait the udder became useless. 



The vaccination campaign against hemoglobinuria in bovines, P. Knuth 

 {Berlin. TierdrzU. Wchnschr., 21 {1911), No. 11, pp. 306, 301).— It trypano- 

 somes do not occur in the blood of bovines after vaccinating with supposedly 

 virulent blood it may be due to one of 3 reasons, as follows: (1) The blood 

 emploj-ed for vaccination may have contained no trypanosomes at the outset; 

 (2) the trypanosomes may have been present originally, but were destroyed 

 before the blood was used for vaccination; or (3) the animals vaccinated may 

 liave been immune as a result of a previous natural infection. 



The detection of trypanosomes in the blood after vaccination is best done, 

 according to the author, by the Ross-Koch method. When the examination 

 can not be conducted at once, a small quantity of blood can be taken from the 

 jugular vein in a sterile flask containing some glass pearls and strongly shaken 

 for 10 minutes to defibrinate the blood. It is then transported to the labora- 

 tory for later examination, 



