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annum, while during the succeeding decade the average per annum was only 2.017. 

 and from 1890 to 1N94, inclusive, there was an average of ouly 602 animals attacked. 



A report on rabies in Washington, D. C, V. A. Moore and P. A. Fish i U. S. 

 Dept. Agr., Bureau of Animal Industry Bpts. 1S95 and 1896, pp. 267-283, pis. 3). — The 

 method of inoculation for the diagnosis of rabies is described, a detailed account 

 given of the eases received, and the pathology and etiology of the disease discussed. 

 The difficulty if not impossibility of making a diagnosis of rabies in the street dog 

 without the aid of inoculation is noted, as well as the fact That many doge are 

 supposed to be mad when they are not, and conversely, that many dogs not sup- 

 posed to be mad die of rabies. 



Texas fever in Australia, D. E. Salmon ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Bureau of Animal 

 Industry L'pis. 1895 and 1896, pp. 85-9.',). — An account is given of Texas fever in Aus- 

 tralia, mostly compiled from the reports of C. J. Pound, director of the Queensland 

 Stock Institute, of Brisbane. Among other things it is noted that Director Pound 

 has found a protozoan parasite in the young cattle tick ( Ixodes bovis), which, 

 although smaller, is believed to be identical with the parasite causing the fever, 

 although no such parasite was found in the adult tick. 



■ Texas fever in Kansas ( U. >•'. Dept. Agr., Bureau of Animal Industry Bpts. 1895 and 

 1896, pp. 318-321). — The source traced to southern California. 



The detection of tuberculosis in cattle, C. Curtice (U. S. Dept. Agr., Bureau 

 of Animal Industry Bpts. 1895 and 1896, pp. 283-295, pis. 3). —The various pieces of 

 apparatus needed and the methods of using them are described, and the proper 

 method of disposing of tuberculous cattle briefly set forth. 



The suppression and prevention of tuberculosis of cattle and its relation to 

 human consumption, J.Nelson {Agr. Gaz, New South Wales, 8 (1897), No. 6, pp. 

 370-3S3). 



Results of curative experiments on cattle affected with tuberculosis, \V. 

 Saunders (Canada Expt. Farm* Ilptx. 1896, pp. 89-93). — A record is given of the 

 temperature results from injection of tuberculin, and also the details of some post- 

 mortem examinations. 



Tuberculosis in swine, the nature of the disease, with a report of three 

 cases, V. A. Moore ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Bureau of Animal Industry Bpts. 1895 and / 

 pp. 207-218, pis. 4). — The occurrence of the disease in Europe is briefly noted; the 

 source of iufection, symptoms, diagnosis, morbid anatomy and the relation of swine 

 tuberculosis to public health are discussed; and the 3 cases described. 



The communication of hog cholera by carrion crows, T, S. Ford ( I . S. Dept. 

 Agr., Bureau of Animal Industry Bpts. 1895 end 1896, pp. 325, 326). — An account is 

 given of an outbreak of this disease attributed to germs carried on the l'eet of 

 carrion crows. 



An outbreak of cattle disease in Kansas ( U. 8. Dept. Ayr., Bureau of Animal 

 Industry B})is. 1895 awl 1896, pp. 322-325). — Notes on a supposed outbreak of con- 

 tagious pleuropneumonia — a false alarm. 



Ergotism in Kansas ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Bureau of Animal Industry Bpts. 1895 and 

 1S9G, pp. 317, 318). — An account of an outbreak at Selma, Kansas. 



Air epidemic of purulent inflammation of the milk ducts, affecting seventy 

 cows, W. R. Stokes and A. W. Clement (Jour. Comp. Med., 1897, No. 3, pp. 135-138 ; 

 abs. in Centbl. Bakt. u. Par., 1. Abt., 21 (1897), No. 22-23, p. S95). 



How is calf fever to be prevented? (Landw. Wchnbl. Schleswig-Holstein, 47 (1S97), 

 No. 37, p. 525). 



Protective inoculation against swine erysipelas (Sachs. Landw. Ztschr., 45 

 (1897), No. 26, p. 310). 



Protective vaccination against swine erysipelas, Lorenz (Br aunsehw. Landw. 

 Zty., 65 (1S97), Xo. 36, p. 159). 



The bacillus of the foot and mouth disease (Dent. Med, Wehnschr., 23 (1897), 

 No. 8; abs. in Ztschr. Wiss.Mikros. u. Mikros. Technik,, 14 (1897), No. I, pp. 117,118.— 

 A small bacillus always found measuring 0.5 to 0.9/i long by from 0.3 to 0.4 n thick. 

 In hanging cultures somewhat motile. Stains well in watery anilius, best in ear- 



