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VETERINARY SCIENCE AND PRACTICE. 



Report of the veterinary department, A. W. Bitting (Indiana 

 Sta. Rpt. 1897, pp. 41-50). — It is stated that studies have been made 

 along the lines of the water supply for the live stock in the State; hog 

 •holera; tuberculosis; the treatment of contagious abortion among 

 ©attle; the fecundity of swine (p. 280); the relative frequency of the 

 occurrence and distribution of diseases of stock in the State; sheep 

 dips ; and the embryology, anatomy, and physiology of the mammary 

 gland. 



On the subject of tuberculosis it is noted that some 2,000 cattle 

 have been tested since the station took up the work. The experiments 

 with sheep dips resulted in showing that chloro naphtholeum, zenno- 

 leum, Potter's Perfection Dip, and Daytholeum are effective in solutions 

 of 1 per cent. In the study of diseases 2,975 cases of lameness, 587 of 

 iistulse, 28 of bursatte, 29 of cornstalk disease, 59 of cerebro-spinal 

 meningitis, 528 of parturient apoplexy, 268 of periodic ophthalmia, 250 

 of pleurisy, 543 of pneumonia, 489 of laminitis, 217 of enteritis, 266 of 

 gastritis, 2,042 of colic, 759 of azoturia, 502 of canine distemper, 67 of 

 specific ophthalmia of cattle, 30 of sporadic aphthae, 218 of tetanus, 67 

 of tuberculosis, 2,608 of influenza, 12 of rabies, 24 of glanders, 42 of 

 abortion in cows, 15 of abortion in mares, 8 of anthrax, and 120 of acti- 

 nomycosis were found. The table given shows little difference in the 

 number of cases occurring in the different months of the year, with the 

 exception of azoturia, which was most frequent in January, February, 

 and March. The loss from hog cholera during 1897 was only about 70 

 per cent as great as in 1896. The townships bordering upon the rivers 

 lost 50 to 70 per cent more than those lying farther back. 



Report of the veterinary science section, M. Stalker and 

 W. B. ISTiles (Iowa Sta. Rpt. 1896-97, pp. 131-144). — After mentioning 

 the general plan of organization of work it is stated that Texas fever 

 has, through legislation, ceased to be feared; that glanders and farcy 

 among horses have been practically exterminated in the State, although 

 some dozen years ago about half the counties of the State were affected ; 

 aud that tuberculin has been successfully used in diagnosing tubercu- 

 losis and with systematic application of the best knowledge of the sub- 

 ject there is promise of favorable final results. Swine plague and hog 

 cholera, cornstalk disease, and pseudo-rabies are discussed. Appended 

 are articles on hog cholera and swine plague and on bovine tuberculosis. 



Animal diseases, A. T. Peters (Nebraska Sta. Bpt. 1897, }>p 13-17). — The author 

 makes brief notes on the occurrence of actinomycosis, which has been reported in 

 only a very few instances; anthrax, which has appeared in Polk County; black leg; 

 cornstalk disease ; keratitis; glanders, which has been reported from 16 counties; 

 rabies, which in Otoe County affected 10 hogs, 2 cows, a mule, and a horse; tubercu- 

 losis, and hog cholera. The cornstalk disease seems to have affected horses to a 

 greater extent than in former years. It is noted that it may be prevented to a cer- 

 tain extent by feeding something else than cornstalks before the animals are turned 

 into the field. Keratitis has appeared among cattle in certain localities, affecting 



