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The bactericidal substances of leucocytes. — Their mode of action, W. 

 Spat (Ccntbl. Bakt. [etc.], 1. Alt., Orig., ■}[) {VJU), No. 2, pp. 178-182).— As a 

 result of this work it is pointed out that the bactericidal property of leucocytes 

 is not a complex process such as occurs with sera. If leucocyte extracts are 

 heated to inactivity and a portion of unhealed extract is added no reactivation 

 takes place. 



Filterable virus, G. Vallillo (Ztschr. Infektionskrank. u. Hyg. Haustiere, 

 9 (J 911), No. 6, pp. Jf33-Ji79). — This is a critical review of the literature pertain- 

 ing to the diseases caused by, or at various times supposed to be caused by, 

 filterable viruses. It embraces both the fields of veterinary and human medi- 

 cine, and also contains a discussion of the mosaic disease of tobacco. 



Pathogenic bacteriology, C. E. Marshall {Michigan Hta. Rpt. 1911, pp. 

 155-170). — This is a brief account of the occurrence and work of the year with 

 contagious abortion, infectious anemia in horses at Watersmeet, a disease of 

 cattle near Ubly, Huron County, malignant catarrh of cattle, granular vaginitis 

 of cattle, avian tuberculosis, a disease of sheep in Clinton County, and worms in 

 pigs. The tuberculin test proved inapplicable for chickens. 



Annual report of the official veterinarians of Prussia for 1909, Nevkb- 

 MANN (Veroffcntl. Jahrcs-Vet. licr. Ticrarzlc Prcus.'i., 10 {1909 [pub. 1911]), 

 pt. 1, pp. YI+132, pis. 17; 10 {1909 [pub. 1912]), pt. 2, pp. ZT'-f /69).— The first 

 part of this report consists of statistical data, discussions, etc.. on anthrax, 

 symjitomatic anthrax, rabies, glanders, inflammation of the brain and spinal 

 cord in horses, foot-and-mouth disease, lung plague, dourine, vesicular eruption 

 in horses and bovines, scabies in horses and sheep, swine erysipelas, swine 

 plague, hog cholera, chicken cholera, fowl plague, equine influenza, and strangles 

 in the horse. 



The second jiart deals with diseases that the law does not require to bo 

 officially reported, poisoning, general disturbances of nutrition, sporadic diseases, 

 meat inspection, statistics relating to farm animals, etc. 



Epizootics in the German Empire {Jahrcsbcr. Verbr. Ticrseuch. Deui. 

 Reichc, 25 {1910), pp. VI I +200, i)ls. J,, figs. 20).— This is a report in regard to 

 the distribution of epizootics in the German Empire during the year 1910. 



Combating dysentery in calves, shoats, lambs, and foals, the gastric 

 form of canine distemper, and other infectious stomachical and intestinal 

 diseases with Ventrase, M. Klimmeb {Dcut. Landw. Prcsse, 39 {1912), No. 1, 

 pp. 1, 2; Berlin. Ticrarztl. Wchnscltr., 28 {1912), No. 1, pp. i-7 ) .—Ventrase, 

 which is a colloidal silver preparation containing in addition a protective col- 

 loid, is given to new-born calves and other animals with the milk. Comparing 

 the results thus obtained with check animals which received no Ventrase, the 

 results are considered good. In one of the articles the germicidal value of this 

 preparation for the intestinal tract of dogs was also studied. 



The protozoan parasites of domesticated animals, H. Ceawley {ZJ. 8. 

 Dept. Agr., Bur. Anim. Indus. Rpt. 1910, pp. J,65-Ji9S, pis. 6, figs. 13; Circ, i9//, 

 pp. 465-'i98, pis. 6, figs. 13). — This is a popular account of the more common 

 protozoan parasites of domesticated animals, including spirochetes, trypa- 

 nosomes, coccidia, piroplasms, sarcocysts, etc. 



Pasciolopsis buski in Tonkin. — Its extreme rarity in man; its frequency 

 in the hog, C. Mathis and M. Legeb {Bui. Soc. Path. Exot., 4 {1911), No. //, 

 pp. 200-202; abs. in Jour. Trop. Yet. Set., 7 {1912), No. 1, pp. 1J,9, 150).— Of 248 

 head of swine examined at the abattoir at Hanoi, December 9-27, 1910. 16 

 harbored this fluke. As many as 20 were found in one animal. 



Our present knowledge of the distribution and importance of some para- 

 sitic diseases of sheep and cattle in the United States, M. C. Hall {U. S. 

 Dept. Agr., Bur. Anim. Indus. Rpt. 1910, pp. Jil9-Jt63, pis. 2, figs. IS; Circ. 193. 



