582 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD, 



with rnrbolie soap. On the fourth day after inofulatiou the animals are \n 

 spected to see if any abscesses are formed at the point of inocuhition. Little or 

 no trouble is ordinarily experienced from the use of this method. 



Binderpest in Egypt, S. Akloing (Ann. ,Sur. Afp: Sri. rt Indus. Lijon, 



1905, pp. 3J}1-36'J). — The conditions observed in outbreaks of I'inderpest in 

 Egypt are outlined in considerable detail with notes on the losses caused by the 

 disease, the symptoms observed, and measures taken for controlling the out- 

 breaks. A number of inoculation methods have been tested, usually in combina- 

 tion with tlie ordinary methods of police sanitation, such as the destruction of 

 infected animals, isolation of exposed animals, and disinfection of premises. 



While serum inoculation has admittedly given good results in preventing the 

 spread of rinderpest, the author believes that the successful control of the dis- 

 ease in all cases where serum has been used is to be partly ascribed to the simul- 

 taneous application of strict police sanitation. In the future control of rin- 

 dei'pest, the author recommends the destruction of diseased animals and strict 

 quarantine as of prime importance. 



Piroplasmoses in Dutch East Indies, C. A. Penning {Veeartsenijk. BI. 

 IJedcrhuid. Indie, 18 (1906), lA'o. 1-2, pp. 102-108, pi. i).— Both Texas fever 

 and Rhodesian or coast fever occur among cattle in Java. According to statis- 

 tics collected by the author, cattle become infected with one or both of these dis- 

 eases at a young age, and about 10 to 15 per cent die before they are a year old. 

 Those which recover possess a lasting immunity to Texas fever and coast fever. 

 It has been observed that cattle which are imported to Java from South Austra- 

 lia become affected with one or the»other of these diseases, and the majority of 

 them die within a year after their importation. Notes are given on the symp- 

 toms of Texas fever and African coast fever and on the blood parasites observed 

 in cases of these diseases. 



Piroplasmosis in cattle (Svenslc Vet. Tidslr., 11 {1906), No. [), pp. J/ll- 

 J/IS, i)ls. 2). — An outbreak of piroplasmosis closely resembling Texas fever in 

 its general symptoms and lesions occurred among cattle in Sweden, and the dis- 

 ease was investigated by the author. The blood corpuscles seemed to be de- 

 stroyed, as in the case of Texas fever, so that one of the symptoms in most 

 cases was bloody urine. The cattle were infested with 2 species of ticks, which 

 were identified as Ixodes riclnus and I. liexagonns. 



Scab ordinance, 1903, and the amending scab ordinances, 1905—6 {BJocm- 

 fonlcin, Oravge River Colony: Dept. Af/r., 1006, pp. 19). — Copies are given of the 

 ordinances now in force in the Orange River Colony for the eradication of 

 sheep scab within the colony. 



Protective vaccination against braxy, Jensen {Berlin. Tierurstl. Wehnselir., 



1906, Ao. J/l, pp. 7//.3, 7.'///). — Thi'ee methods have been used in producing immu- 

 nity to braxy. In the first, a virulent pure culture is mixed with equal parts 

 of bouillon and horse serum and kept at a body temperature for a week before 

 using. The second method consists in the use of a serum obtained from horses 

 after inoculating them with virulent cultures. The author has most confidence 

 in the success of a third method, whicli consists in placing threads in a culture 

 which is treated with hydrogen until spore formation takes place, after which 

 the threads are introduced into a fold in the skin of the animal to be immunized. 



Swine plague and hog cholera, E. Joest {Schiveincscuche und Sehireiiiepest. 

 Jena: Gnstav Fischer, 1906, pp. VIII + 280, pis. 6, figs. 22).— The present 

 account is of a monographic nature and attempts to present a thorough dis- 

 cussion of the results thus far arri^'ed at by a study of swine plague and hog 

 cholera, and also a statement of the more important problems still remaining 

 to be solved in connection with these diseases. The literature of the subject 



