680 EXPEEIMENT STATION EECORD. 



occurred and 244 boviues were destroyed, of which 112 became affected before 

 slaughter. The infection was traced to baled hay received from Holland. 

 " The hay in question had been imported from an infected country fully 2* 

 months before it was brought in contact with the animals which developed the 

 disease, and assuming that it was contaminated on the farm of origin, of which 

 liowever we have no evidence, the virus might in such case be held to have re- 

 mained active for at least 83 months. It had certainly retained its virulence 

 for 23 months, since it had during that period been beyond all sources of pos- 

 sible contamination." 



During the year 11.599 outbreaks of hog cholera were reported, of which 2,067 

 were confirmed. There were 1,32G cases which, after inquiry, were found to be 

 swine erysipelas, and 6S1 of these showed lesions of the lieart. There were 789 

 outbreaks of glanders, in which 2,433 horses were found affected. During 1908, 

 1,105 outbreaks of anthrax were reported, in at least IGO of which there was 

 evidence of an error in diagnosis. The number of outbreaks of sheep scab was 

 in excess of the 2 years preceding. 



Reference is made to Texas fever inoculation experiments conducted in Eng- 

 land in collaboration with the veterinary departments of the Transvaal and 

 East Africa Protectorate (E. S. R., 20, p. 791). Working in collaboration with 

 J. M'Fadyean, the author was able to show the blood of animals suffering or 

 recovering from English redwater to be capable of infecting other susceptible 

 cattle with the disease after an incubation period of from 6 to 10 days. The 

 disease appears to be transmitted by both Ixodes ricinus and Hcemaphy sails 

 punctata as previously noted (E. S. R., 20, p. 1082). A few experiments with 

 the tropical form, or African piroplasmosis, which is much more severe, showed 

 that the nymphs of H, punctata, which as larvse had engorged on infected ani- 

 mals, were capable of transmitting the disease. 



Report of the assistant secretary, animals division, A. W. Anstruther 

 {Bd. Agr. and Fisheries ^London], [Vet. Dcpt.], Ann. Rpts. Proc. 1908, pp. 18- 

 58, pis. 2). — This is a more detailed account of the outbreaks of foot-and- 

 mouth disease, hog cholera, glanders, and anthrax than that above noted. Of 

 the outbreaks of glanders and farcy reported during the year 749 occurred in 

 England, 9 in Wales, and 31 in Scotland. 



[Report of the superintendent of animal industry], Y. A. Norgaard {Rpt. 

 Bd. Comrs. Ayr. and Forestry Hawaii, 5 {PJOS), pp. 123-15Jf) .—This is the 

 fourth annual report of the territorial veterinarian, and relates to the work for 

 the calendar year 1908. In connection with the live stock inspection work it 

 is stated that 13 Shorthorn bulls, 4 Hereford bulls, 05 Merino lambs, and 40 

 Merino ewes were imported from New Zealand during the year. Glanders was 

 the most important disease of the horse, having occurred principally on the 

 islands of Oahu, Maui, and Hawaii. Epizootic laryngitis was a source of con- 

 siderable loss on the Island of Hawaii. 



Report on the zootechnic, veterinary, and epizootic service of Indo-China, 

 F. Lepinte {Bui. Fcon. Indo-Chine, n. scr., 11 (1908), Nos. 7-',, pp. Jj61-J,85; 

 75, pp. 600-693). — A more detailed report of the service than that previously 

 noted (E. S. R., 21, p. 279). 



Castration and ovariotomy, E. PIermanos (Estac. Agr. Expt. Ciudad Judres, 

 Chihuahua, Bol. 20. pp. 21, pis. 7). — A detailed, illustrative account. 



Further studies upon the phenomenon of anaphylaxis, M. J. Rosenau and 

 J. F. Anderson {Puh. Health and Mar. Hosp. Serv. U. S., Hyg. LaJ). Bui. 50, pp. 

 52). — -"While the use of hypnotics appeared promising for the prevention of 

 anaphylaxis, it seems from our work that they offer little or no pi-actical ad- 

 vantage for this purpose. We used in our experiments urethane, paraldehyde, 

 chloral hydrate, and magnesium sulphate. These substances have practically 



