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east with the North Coast area in New South ^^■a]es and the adjacent portions 

 of southern Queenshmd, and in the Helidon-Witlicott area which adjoins the 

 Darling Downs in Queensland. Other suitable areas are to be found in Queens- 

 land, the Northern Territory, and Western Australia from which a further 

 selection might be made. 



Hog cholera prevention and the serum treatment, P. T. Petersen {Cali- 

 fornia Sta. Circ. 116 {1911), pp. 15, figs. 5). — A brief discussion of the subject. 



Rinderpest in swine. — The first report of the Ako Antirinderpest Serum 

 Institute, H. Tatcasawa {Jour. Formosa Yet. Assoc, No. 1 {1916) ; abs. in Abs. 

 Bad., 1 {1911), No. If. pp. 313-S15) .—Dnviwg the 1911-12 epidemic of rinderpest 

 54.8 per cent of the animals which had not received protective inoculation were 

 infected, whereas in the same locality where the plague was most severe only 

 7.98 per cent of the inoculated animals were infected. 



Epizootics and their control during war, H. Miessner, trans, by A. A. 

 Leibold {Chicago: Amer. Vet. Pub. Co., 1911, pp. 215, figs. 31). — An English 

 translation of the author's Kriegstierseuchen und ihre Bekiimpfung, which is a 

 guide for army, Government, and practicing veterinarians. 



Part 1 (pp. 13-28) relates to hors-e hospitals and horse depots, blood exami- 

 nation stations, and disinfection. The diseases treated in part 2 (pp. 29-194) 

 are glanders, anthrax, rabies, mange, contagious pleuropneumonia of horses 

 (influenza pectoralis) catarrhal influenza, strangles, dourine, contagious pleuro- 

 pneumonia of cattle, and rinderpest. Hints on handling war horses in Amer- 

 ica, by A. A. Leibold, are given in an appendix (pp. 197-207). 



Kumri, combined diffuse sclerosis and central poliomyelitis of horses, 

 G. H. K. IMacalister {Mem. Dept. Agr. India, Vet. Ser., 2 {1911). No. 8, pp. 

 203-261, pis. 6). — "Kumri is a paraplegic disease of horses, associated with 

 a diffuse sclerosis of the white matter of the spinal cord, affecting principally 

 the propriospinal tracts and to a lesser extent the fibers of the lateral efferent 

 and posterior efferent tracts. No causal microorganism has been isolated from 

 cases of kumri. Filariasis and kumri are often coincident, but this is to be 

 regarded as a chance conjunction and not as implying a causal relationship. 

 This applies also to other types of helminthiasis. 



" It is possible that kumri may be due to some type of vegetable poisoning or 

 mold intoxication. In the present state of knowledge, this is no more than a 

 speculation, which future research may establish or demolish. 



" The disease occurs most commonly in low-lying districts subject to inunda- 

 tion, and is favored by warm moist climates. These conditions play some part 

 in the production of kumri, either as a predisposing agency, or primarily as the 

 direct causus morbificans. That it is the primary cause of the disease can only 

 be established by the exclusion of all other possible causes. The condition is 

 incurable but general treatment may possibly arrest the degenerative processes 

 in those nerve elements, where these changes have not reached the stage of 

 complete disorganization. 



*' Until the nature of the causal agent is known, no specific preventive measures 

 can be suggested, but ordinary general hygienic precautions may be followed 

 with advantage. " 



[Poultry sanitation], J. C. Graham and H. D. Goodale {Massachusetts Sta. 

 Rpt. 1916, pp. 81a, 88a). — An experiment in the rearing of young poultry iso- 

 lated on a plat half a mile from the poultry plant, where they were cared for 

 by a man who had no other duties, resulted In an apparent freedom from disease 

 and a remarkable freedom from the larger common parasites of poultry and in 

 a low rate of mortality. 



