VETERINARY SCIENCE AND PRACTICE. 995 



T. serrata, 9; T. serialis, 1 ; Dipylidium canimun, 13; Asearis mystax, 4; 

 Wncinaria trigonocephala, 2; and Eehinorhynchus sp. ( ?), J. These results 

 are compared with some obtained in other parts of the world, and 

 American dogs shown to be very badly affected. This is due to the 

 large number of Taenia serrata and Dipylidium caninum harbored. 

 These two forms are relatively much more abundant here than in any 

 other country. The parasites found most abundantly in the dog come 

 from the rabbit. 



Of the 20 cats examined all but one were infected with from 1 to 4 

 species of parasites. Thirteen were only slightly and 3 were badly 

 infected; 5 contained T. crassicollis, 3 Dipylidium caninum, IMstoma 

 felineum, 14 Ascaris mystax, and ~> Uncinaria trigonocephala. 



A comparison of the tables given by the author .shows that the eats 

 were not so badly affected as the dogs. The largest total number of 

 parasites collected from any cat was less than GO, while 4 dogs were 

 found which contained from 200 to 500 each. The Distomid was found 

 in large numbers, and, on account of the difficulty of being sure in 

 cases apparently free from this parasite it may have been much more 

 abundant than the figures show. 



Besides the dogs and cats, 102 chickens, 9 ducks, 56 turkeys, and 1 

 goose were examined. Sixty chickens, 2 turkeys, and the goose were 

 found to be affected. Cestodes were found in 14 per cent of the chick- 

 ens and 4 per cent of the turkeys; nematodes in 2(3 per cent of the 

 chickens and in the goose. 



Parasites new to Nebraska (pp. 180-189). — In this section there is 

 given a general description of Tamia confusa, a new human tapeworm, 

 of which a detailed description is in preparation. In some respects 

 this parasite appears to be intermediate between the pork tapeworm, 

 T. solium, and the beef tapeworm. T. saginata. It has the slender 

 appearance and delicate structure of the former, while its segments are 

 larger than those of the latter. So far 2 specimens have been found, 

 only 1 of which had the head in position. The other specimen meas- 

 ured some 500 cm. in length. 



Another species, T. serial in, found in the small intestine of the dog 

 and listed in the former report as T. eanurus, later studies show to be 

 the species described by Uailliet in 1863. 



The rest of the report is devoted to the round worms (Meterakis per- 

 spicill tou), found in chickens, Uneinara trigonocephala, and Sclerostomy 

 equimim, taken from a horse near Lincoln. 



The bacterium of the foot and mouth disease, A. Stutzek and R. Hartleb 

 (Arch. Hijfj., 1S97, Xo. 4, pp. 372-404). — The growth upon media of the speeiric 

 organism causing this disease is described in more or less detail, together with inocu- 

 lation experiments on mice and guinea pigs. It is shown that the organism varies 

 its form according to the media in which it is grown. Sometimes it appears as oval 

 rods scarcely 1A times as long as it is broad. Under some conditions it appears as a 

 coccus, adijilococcus, or streptococcus, while under other conditions it may appear as a 

 staphylococcus, or even a filiform fungus. The author notes that former investigators 



