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research laboratory at Lethbrldge, Alberta, including an account of laboratory 

 work and field investigations in connection with outbreaks of dourine and 

 preliminary studies and experiments with swamp fever (pp. 81-87), by E. A. 

 Watson; Special Report on Contagious Abortion (pp. 88-92), by F. Torrance; 

 and The Serum Reactions and Serum Diagnosis of Dourine (pp. 102-108), by 

 E. A. Watson. 



Report of the territorial veterinarian for the biennial period Jan. 1, 1911, 

 to Dec. 31, 1912, V. A. Norgaard and L. N. Case {[Bien.] Rpt. Bd. Comrs. Agr. 

 and Forestry Hawaii, 1911-12, pp. 160-220, pis. 8).— This report deals with the 

 occurrence of diseases of live stock, tuberculin testing in dairy herds in the city 

 and county of Honolulu, the intradermal tuberculin test, glanders in the Terri- 

 tory, the intradermal mallein test, a peculiar disease among sheep on the 

 island of Lanai, etc. 



Annual report by the chief veterinary officer for the year 1912, S. Stock- 

 man {Bd. Agr. and Fisheries [London], Ann. Ri)t. Chief Vet. Off., 1912, pp. 

 41). — This report first discusses in detail the outbreaks of foot-and-mouth A\a- 

 ease which occurred in 1912 (pp. 3-36), then, briefly, the occurrence of hog 

 cholera, glanders, and anthrax. 



Annual report of the Beng'al Veterinary College and of the Civil Veteri- 

 nary Department, Bengal, for the year 1911-12, F. Raymond and A. Smith 

 {Ann. Rpt. Bengal Vet. Col. and Civ. Vet. Dept., 1911-12, pp. 5-\-7+VTII+2+ 

 3). — The first section includes reports on the epizootic diseases department in 

 Calcutta and its vicinity and of the Raymond Research Laboratory. The sec- 

 ond section deals with veterinary instruction, the occurrence and treatment of 

 diseases, breeding operations, etc. 



Annual report on the civil veterinary department, Burma, for the year 

 ended March 31, 1913, G. H. Evans (Ann. Rpt. Civ. Vet. Dept. Burma, 1913, 

 pp. 3-\-lS, pi. 1). — This, the usual annual, report deals with veterinary instruc- 

 tion, occurrence and treatment of animal diseases, breeding operations, etc. 



Veterinary diseases, A. Balfour, R. G. Archibald, et al. {Rpt. Wellcome 

 Research Labs. Gordon Mem. Col. Khartoum, 4 {1911), Sup., pp. 395-404).— 

 This is a review of progress in work with diseases of animals, including rinder- 

 pest, horse sickness, bovine pleuro-pneumonia, etc. 



Practical bacteriology, microbiology, and serum therapy, A. Besson, trans. 

 by H. J. HUTCHENS {London, Xew York, and Bombay, 1913, pp. XXX-{-892, 

 figs. ^i6). — A translation and adaptation from the fifth French edition of the 

 work, the second edition of which has been previously noted (E. S. R., 13, p. 

 889). 



A compend of parasitology, E. Brumpt {Pr6cis dc Parasitologic. Paris, 1913, 

 2. ed., pp. XXVIII-\-1011, pis. 4, figs. 698). — This is a revised and enlarged edi- 

 tion of the work previously noted (E. S. R., 24, p. 470). 



Investigations of scabies and scab mites, particularly scabies of the 

 chamois, J. Fiebiger {Ztschr. Infektionskrank. u. Hyg. Haustiere, 14 {1913), 

 A'o. 6, pp. 341-365, figs. 8). — This paper includes a discussion of the pathology 

 and pathological histology of the disease; location of the mites; other forms of 

 scabies, including that of the capybara {Hydrochcerus capybara), rabbit, and 

 fowl ; transmission experiments ; and biological studies. 



The author finds that the goat can be artificially infected with the chamois 

 mite, a variety of Sarcoptes scabei, and that it may be spontaneously trans- 

 mitted to other goats. Thus it appears that a natural transmission of scabies 

 from chamois to goats is likewise possible. A spontaneous transmission of 

 this mite to sheep does not appear to take place. 



Chemotherapy, P. Ehrlich {Nature [London], 91 {1913), No. 2285, pp. 620- 

 626). — An address delivered before the Seventeenth International Congress ot 



