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Tuberculosis and the milk supply, J. Malcolm (Vet. Rec, 21 (1909), Nos. 

 1092, pp. S37-S.',0; 1093, pp. s ',7-851). —A paper read at the sessional meeting 

 of the Royal Sanitary Institute held at Birmingham. England, May, 1909. 



Vaccination of cattle for the prevention of tuberculosis, L. Pearson (Bill. 

 Ohio Lire Stork Aitsoc., 1909, Xo. 11, pp. 8). — An address delivered at a joint 

 session of the Ohio Live Stock Association and the Ohio Dairymen's Associa- 

 tion at Columbus, in 1907. 



Control of tuberculosis in domestic animals in Pennsylvania, L. A. Klein 

 (Amcr. Vet. Rev., 3', (1909), No. 6, pp. 710-722).— A paper read before the 

 Intel-national Congress on Tuberculosis held at Washington, D. C, in 1908. 



The mineral constituents of foods, H. Ingle (Jour. Agr. ScL, 3 (1908), 

 No. 1, pp. 22-31; Trap. Agr. and Mag. Ceylon Agr. Soc, 32 (1909), No. 5, pp. 

 J,I,8-J,51; Yet. Jour., 65 (1909), No. J,09, pp. 3 59 -36 J,) .—The author is of the 

 opinion that it is not the deficiency in lime and phosphoric acid of the South 

 African-grown produce, as compared with the European-grown feeding stuffs of 

 the same kind, which is to be blamed for the prevalence of osteoporosis among 

 animals there, but rather the practice of feeding such animals exclusively upon 

 a cereal diet. Analyses of Transvaal soils indicate that they are, as compared 

 with English soils, very poor in phosphoric acid, nitrogen, and lime, but usually 

 rich in potash. In framing rations for animals, due consideration should be 

 given the amount and composition of the ash of foods. For previous work see 

 an earlier note (E. S. R., 20, p. 6S3). 



Catarrhal fever of sheep — bluetongue, R. W. Dixon (Agr. Jour. Cape Good 

 Hope, 3Jf (1909), No. 5, pp. 487-491; Vet. Jour., 65 (1909), No. 409, pp. 331- 

 335). — A general account of this disease, including the methods of preventive 

 inoculation. 



Two diseases of young- camels, A. S. Leese (Jour. Trop. Vet. Set., 4 (1909), 

 No. 1, pp. 1-7, pi. 1). — It is said that in nearly all the cattle breeding districts 

 of the Punjab, camel pox is a benign disease through whicli almost all camel 

 bachas must pass in the first or second year of life. A crude form of inoculation 

 is practiced by the camel men of the district in the southeast of the Punjab 

 and in Rajputana, with the object of getting young camels over the disease 

 before the onset of the rains and thereby assuring a mild attack. This inocula- 

 tion is not well known in the north of the Punjab and is only rarely practiced 

 there. 



Girki and giddah is a condition of the fetlock and knee joints found in camel 

 bachas bred and reared on the Kala Chitta range in Attock district. It is dis- 

 tinct from rickets and is said to be caused by the hard surface of the range 

 which is covered with loose stones. 



Hog cholera, L. Van Es (Mo. ValJcy Vet. Bui.. 4 (1909), No. 3, pp. 116- 

 126). — A somewhat detailed account of the disease. 



The nature and action of suptol of Burow as a prophylactic agent in acute 

 and chronic forms of swine plague, P. Anukejew (Berlin. Tierdrztl. Wchnschr., 

 1908, No. 46, pp. 818-820; abs. in Bui. Inst. Pasteur, 7 (1909), No. 1, p. 32).— 

 From the experiments here reported the author concludes that suptol does not 

 possess any specific action in swine plague. 



The structural alterations induced in the horse's foot by neurectomy, H. 

 Ackermann (Srhu-ci::. Arch. TierheiJk., 51 (1909), Nos. 1, pp. 1-47 ; 2, pp. 81- 

 102; abs. in Jour. Compar. Path, and Ther., 22 (1909), No. 2, pp. n7-183).—A 

 detailed account. 



Epizootic abortion in the mare, Desoubry (Bui. Soc. Cent. M6d. V^t., 86 

 (1909), No. 4, pp. 62-68; abs. in Jour. Compar. Path, and Ther., 22 (1909), No. 

 2, pp. 154-156). — The author here reports the results of studies made of the 

 disease in several widely separated breeding centers in France. He is inclined 



