286 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



The treatment of pyometrltis in the cow, R. Messerli {Schiveiz. Arch. 

 Tlerheilk., 25 {1910), No. 5, pp. 350-354; abs. in Vet. Rec, 24 {1911), No. 

 1204, p. 87). — A discussion In regard to the symptoms and to a new form of 

 treatment. 



Pneumonia in cattle, S. H. Gallieb {Amer. Vet. Rev., 39 {1911), No. 5, 

 pp. 565, 566). — After discussing the causes, course, symptoms, and post-mortem 

 findings of this condition the following form of treatment is recommended : 



" First place the animal in a well-ventilated warm stall and cover with 

 blanket. To 1 qt. of warm water add 2 lbs. of magnesium sulphate and 1 oz. 

 of turpentine and give in form of drench, and if bowels do not move freely 

 repeat in 12 hours. Also give every hour 1 dram of nux vomica, 10 minims of 

 digitalis fluid extract, and 10 minims of aconite fluid extract. Until fever is 

 reduced feed lightly of bran, oats, and alfalfa hay." 



Contagious pleuro-pneumonia (Longziekte) of bovines, L. De Blieck 

 (Meded. Dcpt. Landl). [Dutch East Indies], 1911, No. 1, pp. 8). — This is a report 

 in regard to the occurrence of this disease in Java. 



Eeport on the recent outbreak of rinderpest in the District of Davao, 

 Mindanao, C. G. Thomson {PhiU^pme Agr. Rev. [English Ed.], 4 {1911), 

 No. 5, pp. 243-247). — The way in which an outbreak, covering an area of 150 

 square miles, was dealt with is described. 



Warbles, S. Stockman {Bd. Agr. and Fisheries [London], [Vet. Dept.], Ann. 

 Rpts. Proc. 1910, pp. 21-23; Jour. Meat am,d Milk Hyg., 1 {1911), No. 10, pp. 

 592-594). — Tumors on the skin with gradually expanding orifices were marked 

 and carefully watched but in no case was a warble known to make its exit 

 during the night. The author found, however, that exposure to the sun's rays 

 favored the exit from beneath the skin. In observations of 2 infested cattle, 

 commenced in April, 1910, the first warble made its exit on May 31 and others 

 continued to come out until June 12. The average period required for the 

 metamorphosis of these warbles, which were later identified as Hypoderma 

 hovis, was 33.6 days, the longest 44 days, and the shortest 23 days. 



Bacillus paratyphosus B, B. suipestifer, and B. enteritidis (Gartner) in 

 comparison with the organisms causing white scours in calves, R. Langkau 

 {Bacillus paratyphosus B, Bacillus suipestifer und Bacillus enteritidis Gartner 

 im Vergleich su den Erregeiyi der Kdlberruhr. Inaug. Diss., Univ. Leipzig, 

 1909, pp. 63; ahs. in Bui. Inst. Pasteur, 9 {1911), No. 6, p. 261).— About 10 per 

 cent of the bacteria isolated during enzootics of calf dysentery could not be 

 morphologically and culturally distinguished (on differential diagnostic media 

 for the coli typhoid group) from the paratyphoid group of bacteria. Fermenta- 

 tion tests conducted with xylose, rhamnose, and arabinose showed that quali- 

 tative and quantitative differences exist between the paratyphoid and calf dys- 

 entery bacteria. The calf dysentery paratyphoid bacterium and the paracoli 

 bacillus (Jensen) are agglutinated alike with Gartner's serum, and, according to 

 the author, they must both be considered as Gartner's calf dysentery bacteria. 

 On the other hand, Gartner's calf dysentery bacteria differentiate themselves 

 from the Gartner bacterium of human origin in that they do not posses the ca- 

 pacity of being agglutinated (group agglutination) by paratyphoid B and typhoid 

 sera. All of the Gartner calf dysentery strains are characterized by strong 

 pathogenicity and gi'eat toxin formation. Infection tests conducted by the 

 author with calf dysentery bacilli (Gartner), paratyphoid B, and the so-called 

 hog-cholera bacillus with young stock (half-grown bovines) showed that these 

 bacteria were not wholly without effect. 



On the life cycle of Dicrocoelium lanceatum (Distomum lanceolatum), 

 B. Zaknik {Sitzier. Phys. Med. Qesell. Wur2l)urg, 1910, No. 2, pp. 27-31, fig. 1; 



