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The operation of the meat inspection law, Bartmann et al. {Landw. JaJirh., 

 S6 {1907), Era(l.nzKn(i.'<h. /, /</;. 3Jf9-372). — It appears that the German meat ui- 

 spectiou law servos admirably well to furnish consumers with wholesome meat. 

 It increases the cost of meat too much, however, and for that reason it is pro- 

 posed that the state assume the whole expense of ante-mortem and post- 

 mortem inspections. 



The theory of disinfection, T. Madsen and M. Nyman (Ztschr. Jfijff. u. 

 Infcktioiishniitk., .77 {1901), No. 3, pih 3.SS-/, 61/,). —Attention is called to the 

 desirability of noting carefully the time and temperature factors in disinfection 

 experiments. It is reconnnended that in establishing ii standard of disinfecting 

 power we should adopt that of corrosive sublimate upon the anthrax bacillus. 



Annual report for 1906 of the principal of the Royal Veterinary College, 

 J. McFadyean (Joki: Roy. Agr. 8oc. England, 61 {1906), pp. 230-2U) .—The 

 author discusses the j)revalence of anthrax, glanders, hog cholera, fowl cholera, 

 psorospermosis, and Johne's disease. The last-named disease affects the intes- 

 tines, is carried in the feces, and is invariably fatal. 



Notes from practice, B. A. Hjelde et al. {Xorsk Vet. Tidsskr., 19 {1901), 

 No. 9, pp. 195-201). — A test was made of serum vacciuation in an outbreak of 

 swine erysipelas in which 39 out of 40 hogs were completely protected against 

 the disease, while one succumbed. Notes are also given on pulmonary em- 

 physema, Ascaris megalocephala, and tuberculosis. 



Veterinary notes, L. E. W. Bevan and E. M. Jarvis {Rhodesiaii Agr. Jour., 

 Jf {1901), No. 5, pp. ^82-502, pis. 4). — Much attention has been given to the im- 

 provement of pastures for sheep, particularly for the control of parasitic dis- 

 eases. Complaint is made that sheep sheds are commonly kept in an unsani- 

 tary condition. 



In preventing infestation with gid worm it is recommended that sheep be 

 quarantined before being admitted to the flock. Infested pastures may be im- 

 proved by drainage of wet areas, the use of isolation camps for badly affected 

 sheep, and by vermifuge treatment of sheep dogs. Directions' are given for ad- 

 ministering vermifuges to sheep. 



The so-called three-day sickness of cattle may be transmitted to sheep by 

 inoculation. A temperature reaction niay be produced by inoculation with 

 virulent l)l()od or nerve tissue. 



Infectious diseases and animal plagues in German Southwest Africa, H. 

 Jacobsen {Vichseuchcn und Hcrdenkrankheitcn in Deutsch-HUdu-cst-Afrika and 

 Hire Bckampfung. Berlin, 1901, pp. lO'i). — A summary is presented of the essen- 

 tial points in the symptoms, pathology, and treatment of anthrax, blackleg, 

 rinderpest, horse disease, morbus maculosus, pneumonia, dog distemper, fowl 

 cholera, strangles, pleuro-pueumonia, malignant catarrhal fever, rabies, glanders, 

 epizootic lymphangitis, contagious vaginitis, Texas fever. East coast fever, 

 equine malaria, scabies, infestation with bots and liver flukes, snake bites, and 

 poisoning with saltpeter, creo^in, and Cotyledon ventricosa. 



Enteritis, Cadeac {Jour. Med. Vet. et Zooteeh., 58 {1901), Sept., pp. 513-^ 

 523). — Enteritis is either a partial or general inflammation of the intestinal 

 mucous membrane. If due to bacteria the disease is generalized, but is local- 

 ized if due to parasites or foreign bodies. Descriptive notes are given on the 

 forms of enteritis caused by staphylococci, streptococci, coli bacillus, and 

 bipolar bacilli. The toxins produced by some of these micro-organisms, par- 

 ticularly bip')l:ii' bacilH, may cause serious effects in horses and calv«>s. 



Permeability of the walls of the alimentary tract for nonpathogenic bac- 

 teria in normal and thirsting animals, IIoli,e {Centhl. fiakt. \ete.\, 1. AM., 

 Orig., Ji'i {1901), No. J/, pp. 325-332).— In feeding the potato bacillus to normal 



