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lation of a paper presented before au assembly of Prussian government veteri- 

 narians in November, 1911, relative to investigations of the causative organism 

 of foot-and-mouth disease {Cytorrhyctes aphthariim). See also previous notes 

 (E. S. R., 26, pp. 376, 682). 



root-and-mouth, disease in the Netherlands in 1911, H. Remmelts {Dept. 

 Landb., Nijv. en Handel, Verslag. en Meded. Dir. Landb. [Netherlands], 1912, 

 No. 1, pp. 178, pis. 11, figs. 5). — This is a detailed report on foot-and-mouth 

 disease, of which 70,518 cases were reported during the year 1931. 



The catalase contained in the milk of cows suffering from foot-and-mouth 

 disease, H. Bertin-sans and E. Gaujoux {Hyg. Viande et Lait, 6 {1912), No. //, 

 pp. 193-197). — The catalytic activity of milk obtained from animals affected 

 with foot-and-mouth disease is increased during the first stages of the disease, 

 but as the disease progresses catalysis becomes less and finally it turns to the 

 normal level. 



Foot-and-mouth disease in horses, D. A. de Jong {Tijdschr, Yeeartsenijk., 

 38 (1911), No. 18, pp. 689, 690; ahs. in Vet. Rec, 2If (1912), No. 1232, p. 5U).— 

 While it is known that horses are somewhat susceptible to foot-and-mouth dis- 

 ease, cases of its transmission to them are very rare. In this paper the author 

 records an instance of its occurrence in 3 foals, which had been weaned a few 

 days previous to July 15, on which date they were placed in a field occupied 

 by cattle suffering from the disease. Five days after the foals were placed in 

 the field the first symptoms of the disease, namely, difficult prehension of food 

 and salivation, appeared. The buccal mucous membrane showed aphthae — 

 some intact and others burst — at different points. 



On June 30 one of the foals still showed salivation, and traces of vesicles 

 were still clearly apparent upon the tongue and in other portions of the mucous 

 membrane, but lesions upon other parts of the body, notably upon the feet, 

 did not exist. These cases are thought to prove that it is insufficient in dealing 

 with foot-and-mouth disease to confine preventive measures to ruminants and 

 pigs. 



Hoffmann's method against foot-and-mouth disease, Lucas (Deut. Tierdrztl. 

 Wchnschr., 20 (1912), No. 11, pp. 162-165). — Euguform, which is a chemical 

 compound prepared from formaldehyde and guaiacol, was found to be a very 

 efficient product for treating foot-and-mouth disease externally. 



Immunizing horses against glanders with killed glanders bacilli (farase), 

 A. Dediulin (Ztschr. Infecttonskrank. u. Hyg. Haustiere, 9 (1911), No. 6, pp. 

 382-391; abs. in Berlin. Tierdrztl. Wchnschr., 28 (1912), No. 11, pp. 195, 196).— 

 On an estate, which during harvest time works 10,000 horses, 276 succumbed to 

 glanders. In order to determine if horses could be immunized against the 

 disease 303 out of a group of 600 animals were treated with " farase " (E. S. R., 

 19, p. 887). One year and four months after the inoculation 14 of the non- 

 immunized animals became glanderous. No cases of glanders were noted 

 among the vaccinated horses with the mallein test, although they had been 

 in direct contact with the unvaccinated animals throughout the entire period. 



In regard to the cause and the diagnosis of Malta fever, K. Saisawa 

 (Ztschr. Hyg. u. Infektionskrank., 70 (1912), No. 2, pp. 177-203; ahs. in Ztschr. 

 Immunitdtsf. u. Expt. Ther., II, Ref., 5 (1912), No. 3, pp. 12, 13).— The follow- 

 ing conclusions were drawn: 



(1) The causative agent of Malta fever is a bacterium which appears in the 

 form of a short rod. The name Bacterium melitense is therefore to be given in 

 preference to Micrococcus melitensis. (2) The bacteria grow in dextrose solu- 

 tions, but best on alkaline media. (3) The bacteria possess a certain pathoge- 

 nicity for rabbits and guinea pigs, the disease running the course of an acute 

 sepsis. (4) In healthy animal and human sera, as well as sera which origi- 



