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to the desirability of making a safe disposal of the bodies of dead animals, especially 

 those which die of infectious diseases. For this purpose it is considered that under 

 farm conditions the safest method is to burn the bodies by means of direct fire pro- 

 duced by kerosene oil, wood, and other materials. The destruction of 2 animal 

 bodies in this way cost $1.56 and $5.87, respectively. Notes are also given on the 

 methods of disinfecting stalls and premises after outbreaks of infectious diseases. 



Federal inspection of foreign and interstate shipments of live stock, D. E. 

 Salmon ( U. >S. Dept. Agr., Bureau of Animal Industry lipt. 1901, pp. 237-^249).— Xiien- 

 tion is called to the great development of the animal industry in this country and 

 statistics are presented showing the number of cattle received at the stockyards and 

 the numVjers and value of animals exported to foreign countries. The author presents 

 a number of forcible arguments to show the importance of maintaining federal 

 quarantine and inspection in order to prevent the importation of other dangerous 

 plagues into this country. The author calls attention to the service of the Bureau of 

 Animal Industry in preventing the undue spread of tuberculosis, sheep scab, and 

 other diseases. 



Food products from diseased animals, D. E. Salmon ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Bureau 

 of Aninictl ImJn.^tnj I'jif. 1901, pp. 250-256). — Attention is called to the desirability of 

 more extensive investigations regarding the effects upon man of eating meat of ani- 

 mals suffering with various diseases. The practices of federal meat inspection in this 

 connection are l)riefly outlined. Animals suffering from wound septicemia or infested 

 with bladder worms or trichina are condemned. In the case of tuberculosis, the 

 carcass is condemned not only when emaciation is present but when lesions in the 

 internal organs are so extensive as to indicate a serious stage of the disease. Brief 

 notes are also given on the inspection of milk for the presence of tubercle bacilli. 



Contagious diseases of animals in foreig-n countries ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Bureau 

 of Animal In(hi.<<tr)j Rpt. 1901, pp. 590-599).— Briei statistical notes on contagious dis- 

 eases of animals in Great Britain, Russia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Switzer- 

 land, Austria, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. 



Report of the veterinarian, A. T. Peters {Nebraska State Bd. Agr. Bpt. 1901, 

 pp. 151-190, figs. 15) . — In this report notes are given on sorghum poisoning of cattle, 

 sore mouth of cattle, kidney diseases in horses, paralysis of the hind limbs of hogs, 

 mange in cattle and horses, lice on hogs, and a paper on tuberculosis in swine, by 

 S. Stewart. 



Reports of inspectors of stock, H. R. Mackenzie, W. J. Cother, and J. E. 

 Batchelok {Jnur. Ihpt. Agr. Victoria, 1 {1902), Xo. 3, pp. 338-344) ■—'Briei notes are 

 given on the occurrence and prevalence of various diseases in different parts of Vic- 

 toria. It is stated that tuberculosis is stationary, or at least not on the increase. 

 The heaviest losses are reported hxnn 1)lackleg in young cattle. A verminous lung 

 disease caused by some species of threadworm is reported as having prevailed to a 

 serious extent. In certain parts of the country pleuro-pneumonia occurred in out- 

 breaks of considerable extent. The "yambuk" disease is also reported as having 

 caused the death of large numbers of cattle. 



Statistics concerning the number of animals slaughtered and the number 

 found diseased in the Prussian abattoirs during the year 1900 {Berlin. 

 Tkieriirztl. Wchnschr. Xos. 17, pp. 253-259; 18, pp. 265, 266). — These extensive 

 statistics are compiled in a manner so as to show the number of animals killed and 

 the number affected Avith the more important diseases, including tuberculosis of cat- 

 tle and hogs, beef measles, pork measles, and trichina. 



Text-book of veterinary medicine, IV, J. Law {Ithaca, X. Y.: Author, 1902, 

 pp. 675). — This volume of the author's text-book on veterinary medicine is occupied 

 with an account of infectious diseases. Each disease is discussed in a thorough man- 

 ner and the most recent work on the subject is adequately considered in connection 

 with all discussions. The most important diseases considered in this volume are 



