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only in the advanced stages of the disease, when the latter is readily 

 recognized by other means. Other diseases, such as actinomycosis, 

 verminous bronchitis, and echinococcus, do not cause a reaction unless 

 accompanied with tuberculosis. But there is here a territory still open 

 for investigation. Only 3 cases in 3,500 were found in which tuberculin 

 injections appeared to hasten the disease; it has no influence on the 

 bacillus in the milk. Only 5 per cent of the cases tested by the author 

 refused to react to the second injection. 



Relative to the assertion that reactions occur in sound animals, the 

 author states that evidence of the disease is sometimes very difficult to 

 find in post-mortem examinations, and cites the fact that at the con- 

 gress of veterinarians in Bern two apparently sound animals reacted. 

 One was killed and after a long search no traces of the disease found. 

 This was thought to be evidence against the surety of the tuberculin. 

 While others were occupied with the second animal the author made 

 a further examination of the first, and was rewarded by finding a small 

 lesion the size of a hazelnut near the bifurcation of the bronchi. 



Pernicious and epizootic anemia of sheep, C. Juliex (Ann. Agron., 23 (1S97), Xo. 

 12, pp. 575-588). — The disease — attributed to Strongylus coniortus — is generally dis- 

 tributed over France. There is noted a varietal as well as an individual resistance 

 to it. Evidence of the disease appears in Hocks of sheep in July or August or about 

 the time for lamb weaning. The first infection seems attributable to weeds of low 

 meadows that become contaminated by the droppings of the sheep and to water con- 

 taminated in the same way. The remedial measures noted are the raising of resistant 

 varieties of sheep and the proscription of all sources of infection. Manures, litter, 

 etc., may be treated with anthelmintic and the sheep given a mixture of 6 to 8 cc. 

 benzin (5 to 6 cc. for lambs), and 15 to 20 centigrams of arsenious acid per head for 

 some 8 days. 



Echinococcus multilocularis in sheep, Moebius (Ztschr. Fleisch u. Milchhyg.,7, 

 Xo. 6; abs. in Centbl. Bakt. ti. Par., 1. Abt., 22 (1897), Xo. 20-21, p. 619).— One specimen 

 was found in the lungs and five in the liver of a sheep. An Echinococcus was like- 

 wise found in a bronchial gland. 



Injection experiments on calves with human tubercle bacillus, Fkothingham 

 (Ztschr. Tiermed., 1 (1S97), p. 330; abs. in Centbl. Bait. u. Par., 1. AM., 22 (1807), Xo. 

 20-21, pp. G33, 034). — It was endeavored to learn whether calves are less susceptible 

 to human than to bovine tuberculosis. Of 4 calves injected with pure cultures of 

 human tuberculosis, only 3 showed after death evidence of tuberculosis and in no case 

 were the changes of great extent or a general infection such as was found in control 

 guinea pigs. One calf escaped tuberculosis entirely. 



Differential diagnosis of wandering trichina, Georges (Ztschr. Fleisch u~ 

 Milchhyg., 7, Xo. 8; abs. in Centbl. Bakt. u. Par., 1. Abt., 22(1897), Xo. 20-21, p. 620).— 

 In a preparation of the striated muscle of a hog there were found between the fibers 

 with only a magnification of 30 diameters round worms of the size and form of 

 embryos of Strongylus. The worms were considered to be embryos of Strongylus 

 paradoxus. They were distinguished from trichina by the bluntness of the oral end. 



Strongylus paradoxus in the liver of the hog, W. Sellmax {Ztschr. Fleisch u. 

 Milchhyg., 7, Xo. 10, p. 196; abs. in Centbl. Bakt. u. Par.. 1. Abt., 22 (1897), Xo. 20-21, 

 p. 619). — Numerous specimens were found in the gall ducts. 



Texas fever, J. W. Connaway (Missouri Sta. Rpt. 1S97, pp. 81-129, figs. 11).— A 

 reprint of Bulletin 37 of the station (E. S. R., 9, p. 188). 



The cause and treatment of abortion in cows, J. Schmidt (Tidsskr. Landiikon., 

 16 (1897), Xo. 5-6, pp. 490-504). 



