678 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Annual report of the veterinary pathologist for the year 1910-11, R. E. 

 Montgomery (Dept. Agr. Brit. East Africa Ann. Rpt. 1910-11, pp. 6Jf-118).— 

 This report of work of the year includes appendixes which discuss investiga- 

 tions of East Coast fever, swine fever, variola of sheep and goats, Nairobi 

 sheep disease, and gastroenteritis fcoccidiosis) of cattle. 



Report of veterinary bacteriologist, G. Garden {Ann. Rpt. Dept. Agr. 

 Nyasaland. 1071, pp. 2.)-27). — A report of the occurrence of and work witli dis- 

 eases of animals in the Nyasaland Protectorate. 



On the lesions produced in the appendix by Oxyuris vermicularis and 

 Trichocephalus trichiura, R. L. Cecil and K. Bulkley {Jour. E.vpt. Med., 15 

 (1912), No. 3, pp. 225-2Jf5, pis. //). — The authors conclude from the studies 

 here reported that 0. vermicularis and T. trichiura are. when they occur in a 

 diseased appendix, in most cases the existing cause of the pathological changes 

 found. 



Restraint of domestic animals, G. R. White {NashviUe, Tenn., 1909, pp. 302, 

 figs. 332). — This work is divided into 5 iiarts. dealing respectively with restraint 

 of the horse in a standing posture (pp. 11-70) and recumbent position (pp. 

 71-216), of the ox (pp. 217-246), of the dog (pp. 247-271), and of the hog 

 (pp. 273-2S6). 



A contribution to the study of the vesicular bile of bovines, A. Daniel- 

 Brunet and C. Rolland {Compt. Rend. Soc. Biol. [Paris], 71 {1911), No. 28, pp. 

 298, 299). — The authors I'eport analyses made of the contents of the bile bladder 

 of bovines. 



Examination of the urine as a diagnostic aid for detecting foreign bodies 

 in bovines, Neidingeb {Osterr. Wchnschr. Thierheilk., 1910, p. 43; abs. in 

 Berlin. Tlerdrztl. Wchnschr., 27 {1911), No. 3',, p. ei2).— Many of the condi- 

 tions caused by the presence of foreign bodies in the reticulum are accompanied 

 by peritonitis, and the urine from bovines was therefore found to contain 

 albumin which was detected by the nitric acid test. Twenty-nine cases out of 

 33 gave a positive test. All cases were due to the presence of foreign bodies. 



A mild venereal disease of horses and cattle (vesicular exanthema), C. J. 

 Reakes {Jour. New Zeal. Dept. Agr., 3 {1911), No. 6, pp. J/o-'h -'iSo). — The author 

 here reports upon 2 cases of vesicular exanthema. 



Anthrax and tick fever, W. H. Dalbymple {Amer. Vet. Rev., J/O {1912), 

 No. 5, pp. 601-GlO). — The chief deductions made from practical experiments with 

 anthrax are as follows : "(1) In these experiments at least, no anthrax infection 

 was found in the excreta of buzzards fed animals dead of the disease; (2) buz- 

 zards, after feeding upon anthrax flesh, have their bills and feet contaminated 

 with anthrax infection, which they may carry considerable distances and create 

 fresh foci of the disease; (3) after feeding upon anthrax flesh, the vomitus 

 from the buzzard, which is frequently emitted after a full meal, may be infected, 

 and may also produce fresh centers of the disease; and (4) the house fly and 

 the ant, and probably other forms of insect life, after feeding upon or otherwise 

 coming in contact with anthrax flesh may become extremely dangerous as car- 

 riers of the infection." 



In regard to increasing the efiiciency of the Strassburger method for de- 

 tecting anthrax, M. MtJLLER and A. Engleb {Ztschr. Infcktionskrank. u. Hyg. 

 Haustiere, 8 {1910), No. Jf-5, pp. 347-353; al)s. in Berlin. Tierdrztl. Wchnschr., 

 27 {1911), No. 28, pp. 509). — The author sought to increase the efiiciency of the 

 Strassburger method, which employs gypsum rods for the purpose of obtaining 

 sporulation, in the diagnosis of anthrax. Pasteboard, elder wood, and cedar 

 wood were found to be without value. Lime-gypsum rods and rolled paper 

 were less efficient thau gypsum rods, while brick was found to bring about a 

 quick sporulation of the organisms, but presented difficulties when attempts 



