204 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



infected by washing with a solution of iodin and iodid of potash followed with an 

 alcoholic solution of iodin. 



A case of cerebro-spinal meningitis in a calf, B. Antonio ( Gior. /.'. Soc. ed. 

 Accad. Vet. ItaL, 53 (1904), No. 17, pp. 396-398).— A calf 20 days old developed a 

 marked case of cerebro-spinal meningitis, resulting in death. A body temperature 

 of 41° C. was reached. This case was believed to be one of the bacterial forms of the 

 disease. The meninges were much injected and the lungs congested. 



Alleged indiscriminate inoculation of cattle (Bhodesian Agr. Jour., 1 (1904), 

 No. 4, )>j>. 73-78). — A thorough discussion is presented of certain reports regarding 

 unsatisfactory results from inoculation of cattle by private individuals and persons 

 of insufficient training. No bad results have occurred where inoculated stock have 

 been kept under proper care and isolation and where the inoculation process has 

 been properly carried out. 



Scabies in sheep and cattle and mange in horses, L. Van Es i North Dakota 

 Sta. Bui. 61, pp. 399-435, figs. 24). — Detailed notes are given on the cause, symptoms, 

 distribution, diagnosis, and treatment of sheep scab. The lime-sulphur dip is recom- 

 mended as one of the most effective means of curing the disease. It is held that this 

 dip causes no serious harm to the wool. 



Directions are given for preparing and applying the dip, and for the preparation of 

 dipping plants for the treatment of cattle seal). The lime-sulphur dip is recommended 

 for this disease also, in the proportion of 21 lbs. sulphur and 16| lbs. lime per 100 

 gal. of water. The temperature of the dip should be between 102° and 112° F., in 

 order to insure the best results. The treatment suggested for mange in horses con- 

 sists in removing the scabs from affected parts and applying creolin or some other 

 insecticide. Horses can not be dipped so successfully as cattle or sheep. 



Verminous broncho-pneumonia of sheep, G. Saint-Hiuaire (Bui. Agr.Algirie 

 rt Tunisie, 10 (1904), No. 8, pp. 173-179). — In 1903 this disease prevailed extensively 

 in the northern part of Algeria. The parasites concerned were Strongylus jttaria and 

 S. rufescens. Notes are given on the symptoms, pathology, and treatment of the 

 disease. Various methods of inhalation of fumes and intratracheal injections for the 

 treatment of the disease are described. 



Results of experiments with nodule disease of the intestines of sheep, 

 W. H. Dalrymple (Louisiana Stas. Bui. 79, 2. ser., pp. 16, figs. 2). — The symptoms 

 and pathological lesions of nodule-disease in sheep are briefly described. 



The author conducted a number of experiments for the purpose of determining 

 the method of infestation of sheep with this worm and also methods of eradicating 

 the worm from infested pastures. It was found during these experiments that 

 infested sheep may distribute the worms upon clean pastures and transmit infection 

 to healthy sheep which may subsequently graze upon these pastures. When 

 infested pastures are plowed and cultivated for a single season the infestation may 

 be destroyed and lambs may safely be allowed to graze upon this land when subse- 

 quently allowed to run to pasture. The offspring of infested ewes may be raised in 

 a healthy condition upon the exercise of proper precautions. 



It was suggested that while this disease appears to be widely distributed through- 

 out nearly all of the old pasture lands used for sheep, it might be eradicated by 

 plowing and cultivation of such pastures and the destruction of the intestines of the 

 infested sheep. 



Swine plague, W. Grips et al. (Fortsdir. Vet. Hijg.,2 (1904), No. 4, pp. 113-135).— 

 It is maintained that the organism discovered by Grips and not the one discovered 

 by Loffler is the cause of swine plague, which is considered a purely contagious dis- 

 ease of young hogs characterized by catarrh and suppurative processes. Infection 

 usually takes place by way of the mouth. The Loffler bacillus is merely instru- 

 mental in causing acute complications. Distinction is made between swine erysipelas, 

 swine plague, and hog cholera. 



