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VETERINARY MEDICINE. 



Eleventh report of the Maryland Live Stock Sanitary Board and State 

 veterinarian ( A'y//. Md. Lire stuck Sanit. lid. mxl Stulc \'(f.. II (1907), pp. 

 52). — Brief roiiorts (ui the jterittd from Deeeiuher 1, r.Mi.'.. to .\'oveiul)er 30, 1907, 

 are presented by the chief veterinarian inspector (pp. .■>-S), and by the live 

 stock sanitary board di]). 0-12). The two addresses j;iven, one by A. D. 

 Melvin entitled Futtn-e Work in Kradicatinj; Tnberculosis (pp. 13-20), the 

 otheV by J. 11. Mohler and II. J. Washburn entitled Tuberculosis in Hogs, with 

 Special Reference to its Suppression (pp. 21-.")2). have l)een previously noted 

 (E. S. li.. 20. pp. !),si. <.)S2). 



Fourth annual report of the Minnesota State Live Stock Sanitary Board, 



1907, S. II. Wakd et al. (Ann. Rpt. Minn. Live Stock Sanit. Bd., J, {1!)07), pp. 

 76, pis. J/). — Reporting upon tuberculosis it is said that the rua.iority of the 

 large breeders of the State have had their herds tested with tuberculin. A 

 table given by counties of cattle tested and killed on account of the disease 

 shows a total of 18,022 cattle that have been tested, of which 1,105 were killed. 



A srualler number of outbreaks of glanders was recorded during the year than 

 at any other time. A serious outbreak of hog cholera was experienced during 

 the year. Notwithstanding the many outbreaks of rabies that were experienced 

 during tjie winter, it was impossible to obtain any legislation along any line 

 looking to the control of the disease. A number of complaints were received of 

 losses from stomach worms of sheep. Reports of verminous bronchitis were 

 received during the winter months and occasioned some losses. 



A report on bacteriology by W. L. Beebe (pp. 31— IS) includes detailed ac- 

 counts of trips made to investigate disease outbreaks and the results of bac- 

 teriological examinations. The diseases thus reported are rabies, hemorrhagic 

 septicemia, swamp fever. tul>ercuiosis, maladie du coit, diarrhea in cattle, vul- 

 vitis in cattle, malignant catarrh, and iufiueuza. 



Under the title Dissemination of Tuberculosis by the Manure of Infected 

 Cattle, M. H. Reynolds presents a report (pp. 49-58) of investigations pre- 

 viously noted from another source (E. S. R., 10, p. 080). 



Fifth annual report of the Minnesota State Live Stock Sanitary Board, 



1908, S. II. Wakd et al. (Ann. Ri>t. Minn. Live Stock Sdiiit. fid.. 5 (1008). pp. 

 39, pis. .'/). — About 15 cities require the tuberculin testing of their dairy cattle 

 and 27,000 cattle have been tested during the year. During this i)eriod there 

 was a total of 206 outbreaks of hog cholera in 23 counties. Work upon swamp 

 fever is being carried on at the station in cooperation with the Bureau of 

 Animal Industry of this Department. Several outbreaks of Johne's disease 

 were encountered during the year and one outbreak of anthrax api)eared. 

 Stomach worms caused more or less loss to flock owners and there were several 

 outbreaks of blackleg. 



In a report on bacteriolog.v by W. Ij. Beebe (pp. 22-.32) details are .given of 

 investigations made of outbreaks of anthrax, suspected hemorrhagic sei)ticemia, 

 forage poisoning, swam]) fever, suspected ptomaine poisoning in hogs, malignant 

 catarrh, and .lohne's disease. 



Second annual report of the Live Stock Sanitary Board, 1908 (Ann. Rpt. 

 Live Stock Sanit. lid. N. Dak., 2 (U)0.<i), pi>. Li9, ids. JO, fif/. /).— Tliis report 

 covers the year endetl November 1. 1008. 



Glanders and glanders-farcy are .said to have re<piired the greater jHirtion of 

 the efforts of the live stock sanitary oHicials. During (he last 18 months ^,^.^(^A 

 animals were condemned and l,72(j cpiarantined, due to this disease. Mauge was 



