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.".T" < '. were iialliofit'iiic Tor ;;iiiiK'a piKS- pnidiieiny dcatli within .'IS to i\'.', days. 

 'riiivc calves were inocidated with the same material and 2 rcniaincd Iiealthy 

 while the third develoiied a local tuluM'cnlous infection. 



Chronic pseudotuberculous enteritis in cattle, 1>. Bang (Berlin. Tlcrilrztl. 

 Wchnxihr., 1!)06, So. .'i.i. i)i>. loil-ldS). — Considerable controversy has prevailed 

 ivKurdins the exact nature of tuberculous enteritis in cattle. It appears that 

 the author has demonstrated its infectious natui'e and that it is often asso- 

 ciated with cases of true tnberculosis affecting other organs of the body. Posi- 

 tive resnlts were obtained in a number of cases by feeding portions of the 

 nuicous membrane of the intestines from animals affected with the disease. 

 The symptoms produced in this way were identical with those which apitear 

 in spontaneous cases. 



Anthrax, PROFfi {FortHchr. Yet. Hijg.. h (1906). No. 7, pp. l.',.',-tJ,9).—Tho 

 author presents a report of a conference of otHcial veterinarians regarding the 

 effectiveness of the laws of Prussia relating to th(> control of anthrax. It is 

 recommended that the compulsory notification provision be extended to all 

 cases in which the symptoms resemble those of anthrax. This notification 

 should be made innnediately to the police authorities and the local ofticial vet- 

 erinarian should have authority to determine the method of procedure in the 

 case. 



The spread of anthrax in animals and man, .1. Dunstan {Vet. Rec, 19 

 ( 1906), No. 954, PP- 236-238). — Attention is called to the statement that anthrax 

 appears to be on the increase during recent years. The reliability of statistics 

 on the spi'ead of anthrax is questioned on account of the fact that local author- 

 ities are often unwilling to report cases and incur the expense of disposing of 

 carcasses. The symptoms of the disease are described and facts are presented 

 relative to the intertransmission of the disease between man and animals. 



The inoculability of anthrax, E. Leclainche (Rev. G^n. MM. V^t., 8 (1906), 

 \<t. D'l. IJ/J. o39-.5.'/.'f). — A historical account is presented of some of the early 

 experiments which showed that anthrax could be transmitted by inoculating 

 healthy animals with infected blond. 



The action of anthrax serum, E. Gottstein {Hyy. Rundschau. 16 (1906). 

 \(j. !0. i>i). 1113-1120). — An enormous variation in the agglutinating power of 

 different sera for anthrax bacilli has been noted by different investigators. In 

 some cases it is claimed that agglutination took place in dilutions at the rate 

 of 1 : r)00.000. The author, however, was imable to get any positive results or 

 to demonstrate any difference in the action of normal and immime serum upon 

 anthrax bacilli. 



East coast fever, S. B. Wooi.latt (Natal Dcpf. Af/r. Bill. II. pp. l.'i). — The 

 author i)res«'nts in a condensed form the most important points which have 

 been demonstrated regarding the nature, occin-rence, and treatment of this 

 <lisease. It is believed that one; of the chief agencies in sjtreading th(» disease 

 is to be foimd in the oxen used for draft ])urp()ses and driven about the country 

 from place to place. 



Cattle tick eradication in northwest Arkansas, W. O. Vincenheller (.\r- 

 IcauHaK Sta. liul. 93, pp. 11-29. fujH. 3). — During lJ>0(i, a iireliminary survey of 

 northwest .\rkausas was made by the officials of the experinnMit station and 

 the Bureau of .Vnimal Industry for the piu'pose of determining the extent of 

 infestation with cattle ticks. In Benton County 7.474 cattle were inspected, of 

 which 4S1 were found to be infested, while in Washington County !>0.'! cattle 

 were infested out of 2.00;j inspected. 



The slight infestation of cattle as observcnl in the Te.vas-fever regions of 

 Arkansas indicate that the eradication of the ticks and the control of Texas 



