580 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



cliaiige of plan is rt'comiueiuk'd, since llio antlior l)elioves that a preventive 

 system would be more effective in sccnrin.t; the inspection of all meat at the 

 point of production, and \A-ouId save tlu> time of the meat inspector for more 

 important work. 



The results of meat inspection in Olasj^ow for the years l'.i()4-.'> are presented 

 in a tabular form. Particular attention is given to tuberculosis, anthrax, and 

 the insiK'ction of milch cows. 



Veterinary service and meat inspection for 1904 ( \or(/cx Off. iStatis.. 5. 

 scr., 190 Ji, No. 15, pp. VIII+2S7). — As in previous years the present report on 

 veterinary service and meat inspection in Norway contains a general account 

 of the health of animals in various i)arts of Norway with particular reference 

 to the appearance and distribution of anthrax, catarrhal fever, blackleg, swine 

 erysipelas, tuberculosis, abortion, and milk fever. The distribution of these 

 diseases in different parts of the counti-y is shown in a series of tables. 



Copies are given of the meat inspection regulations which are at present in 

 force in Norway. 



The epitome of cattle inspectors' returns (Rhodcsiau A{/r. .Jour., 3 {1906), 

 No. 6, pp. G3G-G.'i2, pi. 1). — In these returns particular attention is given to an 

 account of the conditions in various parts of Rhodesia with reference to rabies, 

 contagious abortion, glanders. African coast fever, and horse sickness. 



Results obtained in the field of cattle diseases, F. Makkiel (Ticriirztl. 

 Zenthl, 29 (1906), No. 28, pi). Jifil~J/5Jf).— This article contains a brief sunnnary 

 of i-ec(Mit veterinary investigation and the results obtained in the control of 

 sterility, metritis, niammitis, and actinomycosis. 



Prophylaxis of contagious diseases of cattle, .J. Lignh>res (Bol. Miii. A</i: 

 [Buenos Ayres^. .'> (1906), No. 3, pp. 363-3R3. fign. 12).— A brief statement is 

 made of results obtained by the use of vaccine in controlling anthrax, blackleg, 

 and Texas fever. Directions are also given for the destruction of rats and for 

 the use (if tnlierculin and mallein. 



Notifiable diseases under the milk and dairy supervision act, 1905, R. S. 

 C.-i^AJERON (Jour. Dcpt. Agr. rictoria, .', (1906), No. 8, pp. Ji81~Ji89, figs. 2). — A 

 discussion is presented of the symptoms and means of preventing accidental and 

 contagious abortion and contagious mammitis in cows. For contagious aboi-tion, 

 the author recommends the use of antiseptic washes containing carbolic acid, 

 creolin, lysol, or corrosive sublimate. The best results in the treatment of con- 

 tagious mammitis were obtained from the injection of a solution of boracic acid 

 ;>t the rate of 1 part to 20 parts of warm Wiitei*. 



Tuberculous infection and the resistance of the organism to the disease, 

 A. C".\LMETTE {Rcr. Ilj/g. ct Pol. Hfinit., 2-8 (1906), No. 8, pp. G'll-dOO). — The 

 author admits the existence of three specifically different forms of tubercle 

 bacilli in cold-blooded animals, birds, and mannuals, respectively. The morpho- 

 logical differences, however, do not preclude the transference of these bacteria 

 from one group of iinimals to another. 



The conclusion is reached as a result of the study of this problem that animals 

 and man sire usually infected with tuberculosis through the alimentary tract. 

 The necessity of a sanitary control of the milk supply is strongly urged. 



Tubercle bacilli of different origin, M. Rabinowitsch (Ztschr. Tnbcrkiilosr, 

 9 (1906), Nos. .',. pp. J,.:7-50l : 6. pp. :).'i6-.i8Jt). — As a result of numei-ous cultures 

 and inoculiition (^\i)eriments, the author conies to the conclusion that the biolog 

 ical characters of the tubercle bacillus of cold-blooded animals depend entirely 

 u|)on adaptation to specific conditions. The organism may be made to produce 

 the typical growth of the mannnalian tubercle bacillus by passage through the 



