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Imperial County report having had many pigs killed by ants; the species con- 

 cerned is supposed to be Pogonomyrmex californicus. The occurrence of ab- 

 scesses in hogs has been recognized and complained of by the meat packers 

 buying hogs in this locality. 



Report of special investigations in Imperial County, June 5 to 15, 1911, 

 V. M. Hayes [Calif ornia Sfa. Bui. 219, pp. 1223-1229) .—After the investigations 

 noted above had been completed the Calif<jrnia Station received many letters 

 from residents of the valley, indicating that there existed a serious disease 

 among hogs. This led to the investigation here reix»rted, which resulted in 

 finding thatf most of the losses during the spring and early summer months were 

 produced by an attenuated form of hog cholera. A seeming peculiarity of this 

 type of cholera was that it attacked mostly the little pigs just before or shortly 

 after weaning time, and that the affected pigs often lingered from 10 days to 

 2 or 3 weeks, and some even recovered. Many of the larger hogs were entirely 

 ijimume to attacks. 



Brief notes are also presented on sore mouth in pigs, diarrhea in little pigs, 

 chronic cough of swine, blackleg in calves, bronchitis in calves, and on some 

 methods of disinfection following infectious diseases. 



Trypanblue in infectious anemia, A. W. Whitehouse (Amer. Vet. Rev., 39 

 {1911), No. 5, pp. 577-57,/, ) .—Previously noted (E. S. R., 25, p. 587). 



A serious outbreak of anthrax checked by strict quarantine and vaccina- 

 tion, W. W. Yard (Amer. Vet. Rev., 40 (1911), No. 2, pp. 2J,6, 247).— A descrip- 

 tion of an outbreak which was checked by quai-antining, bui-ning the dead 

 animals, and inoculation with Pasteur's vaccine. 



Pasteur vaccination, sero-vaccination, and serum therapy for combating 

 anthrax, G. Masini (Clin. Vet. [Milan], Rass. Pol. Sanit. e Ig., 34 (1911'), No. 

 3, pp. 97-114; abs. in Berlin. Tierdrstl. Wchnschr., 27 (1911), No. 39, p. 711).— 

 The serum method is better than the Pasteur method. Better results can be 

 obtained if the protective and curative treatments are combined. 



The serological meiostagmin reaction in carcinoma, Stammler (Miinchen. 

 Med. Wchnschr., 58 (1911), No. 30, p. 1643). — A discussion in regard to when 

 the reaction will give positive results for malignant growths. Conditions are 

 also discussed under which the meiostagmin reaction can be obtained with 

 other diseases. 



Carcinoma on the skull of a horse, Emshoff (Berlin. Tierdrztl. Wchnschr., 

 27 (1911), No. 15, p. 284, fld- 1)- — A description of a case which Is accompanied 

 by an illustration of the skull, and the autopsical findings. 



Coccidiosis of the fowl and calf, W. Jowett (Jour. Compar. Path, and Ther., 

 24 (1911), No. 3, pp. 207-225, figs. 10). — The author has investigated coccidiosis 

 of the fowl which has occurred in the vicinity of Cape Town during the past 

 few years with a somewhat extensive mortality, especially among young chicks 

 of from a week to a month old. A short account of the disease is presented, 

 together with a brief description of its causal agent. " While agreeing that 

 Eimeria avium and E. cunicuU probably constitute distinct and separate species, 

 the present writer believes that E. stiedce (E. cunicuU) is capable of producing 

 coccidiosis in the young chicken under certain conditions, as well as in rabbits. 

 But whether, on the other hand, E. avium is capable of producing coccidiosis 

 in rabbits is not very clear." 



A brief report of a case of coccidiosis, red diarrhea, or dysentery in a calf, 

 due to Coccidium bovis, that was studied by the author at Cape Town follows. 

 It is stated that this disease of the calf does not appear to have been met with 

 previously in South Africa. 



The serum of glandered animals as a precipitant for mallein, L. Panisset 

 (Compt. Rend. Soc. Biol. [Paris], 68 (1910), No. 3, pp. 132, 133; abs. in Ztschr. 



