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Diphtheritic vaginitis in cows, \V. J. YorNO ( \ <t. A' re, .iO (1907), Xo. !)!I6, 

 pp. 91, 92). — -The etiology of this disease is unlvnown. It does not affect heifers 

 under months of age, and is most common in cows in full lactation. Death 

 usually results in a few days. Affected animals should be isolated, and should 

 not be allowed to graze. Treatment may consist in the administration of salines 

 and the use of vaginal douches of i)()tassium permanganate, corrosive sublimate, 

 hydrogen i)eroxid. etc. 



Mammary toxemia or pseudomilk fever, E. K. Smythe ( Vet. lice, ,iO (1907), 

 Xo. 1001. p. /?'/). — Clinical notes are given on (i cases of a disease which resem- 

 bled milk fever but which is believed to be the result of toxic poisoning arising 

 from the manunary gland, and appeared to have no connection with the calv- 

 ing period. The disease yielded promptly to the usual treatment for milk 

 fever. 



Regulations for facilitating eradication of the Texas fever cattle tick 

 in Lincoln and Claiborne parishes {Baton Rouge, Lit.: mate Crop Pest Com- 

 iiiis.sioii, 1907, pp. 12). — Attention is called to the importance and feasibility 

 of eradicating cattle ticks. A copy is given of regulations adopted by the crop 

 [lest commission of Louisiana for the protection of cattle in Lincoln and Clai- 

 borne counties against cattle ticks. 



The distribution of liquids in the stomachs of cattle, A. Vryburg (Rcc. 

 Med. Vet.. ,S'/ (1907), Xo. 13, pp. 510-512). — In text-books of physiology the 

 statement is c-ommonly made that all fluids taken by cattle pass by the rumen 

 into the other compartments of the stomach. The author was led to doubt the 

 truth of this statement on account of the lack of uniformity in the results ob- 

 tained from the administration of vermifuges. A number of experiments were 

 carried on with calves which received water colored with fuchsin and were 

 killed and examined immediately afterwards. A small quantity of the colored 

 water passed into the digestive stomachs but the most of it remained in the 

 rumen. In the rumen vermifuges become greatly diluted in the large quantity 

 of food present in this part of the stomach and as a result there is little or no 

 effect upon parasitic worms in the other stomachs and intestines. The results 

 are only a little better when the animals are previously fasted. 



Poisoning of sheep by Galega officinalis, Moussu and Desaint (Rec. Med. 

 Vet., 8Jf (1907), Xo. 17, pp. 562-569). — In a flock of sheep 54 ewes died and 80 

 others were badly affected as a result of eating Galega offlclnalia. Ecchymoses 

 were found in the walls of the alimentary tract, and a large (juantity of serum 

 collected in the pleural cavity in fatal cases. In feeding experiments it was 

 found that 8 kg. of G. officinalis was sufficient to kill a sheep. The plant seems 

 not to be poisonous for rabbits. 



Pig in health, and how to avoid swine fever, W. Gilbey (London [1907], 

 pp. -'(6, pis. Jf, figs. 4) -—A discussion is px'eseuted of wild swine in England, in- 

 telligei^ce of the pig, previous methods of pig raising, breeds of pigs, modern 

 pig raising, breeding, feeding and management, diseases of olden times, and hog 

 cholera. 



Hog cholera was not known among native English ])igs before 18(52. The 

 losses sustained from the disease since 1895 are shown in tabular form. Copies 

 are given of the regulations which have been adopted for its control. 



Technical guide to swine plague (Min. Bl. K. Prcuss. Vern-alt. Landw., 

 Domanen u. Forsten, 3 (1907), Xo. //, Ans. Beila^je, pp. 7.i-78). — Careful dis- 

 tinction is made between the septicemic and pectoral forms of swine plague. The 

 disease is held to be due to infection with Bacillus suisepticus. The septicemic 

 form of swine plague is rare. Swine plague is chiefly characterized by inflam- 

 mation of the pectoral organs, violent disturbance of the general condition of the 

 animal, and the presence of the specific micro-organism. 



