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Prevention of swine diseases, A. T. Peters (Agri< utture [Nebraska], 3 (1904), 

 Xo. 6, pp. 10, 11).— A* an intestinal and antiseptic vermifuge the author recommends 

 the use of a coal-tar creosote solution in water at the rate of 1:100. A formula is 

 also presented for the preparation of a tonic to be administered in cases of hog 

 cholera. 



Vaccination for hog diseases, Graffi-nder (Berlin. Tierarztl. Wchnschr., 1904, 

 No. 41, pp.678, 674). — A brief outline is given of the vaccination methods proposed 

 by Ostertag and Schreiber. The former system consists in the use of a polyvalent 

 scrum and is based on the assumption that young pigs, after receiving this serum, 

 have the power of developing an active immunity toward the disease whenever they 

 happen to become naturally inoculated with pathogenic bacteria. The use of septi- 

 cidin on the other hand is combined with artificial inoculation of pure cultures. 

 These methods have been tried on a number of animals, but the author hesitates to 

 draw final conclusions regarding the results. It is believed, however, that the 

 experiments should be continued on a larger number of animals, and it is recom- 

 mended that the district government undertake to assume the expense of such 

 experiments. 



Report of the State board of health, H. Mitchell (Ann. Rpt. New Jersey State Bd. 

 Ayr., 31 (1903) , pp. 327-319). — A list is presented of the cases of glanders observed in 

 the State during the year, with notes on the disposal of such animals, and a brief 

 account of an outbreak of anthrax during which 172 animals died. 



The prevention of anthrax, U. E. Ferretti ( Gior. R. Soc. ed. Accad. Yd. Hal., 53 

 (1904), No. 40, pp. 937-942). — As the result of an extended study of anthrax in the 

 vicinity of Rome the author comes to the conclusion that notification of the exist- 

 ence of this disease should be compulsory, and recommends that more attention be 

 given to disinfection and the destruction of the carcasses of animals dead of the dis- 

 ease. Vaccination of exposed animals in infected localities should also be required. 



Fowl diphtheria, H. Streit (Ztschr. Hyg. u. InfecHonskrank., 46 (1904), No. 3, 

 pp. 407-462, ph. 3). — The symptoms, etiology, and pathological anatomy of roup are 

 discussed in considerable detail. The roup bacillus is described and mention is made 

 of its behavior on different culture media. The virulence of the roup bacillus was 

 considerably increased by repeated passage through pigeons. It was found to be 

 pathogenic for rabbits, guinea pigs, and mice, as well as for pigeons and fowls. The 

 disease was apparently transmitted more easily by mere association of sick with 

 healthy fowls than by direct inoculation. Immunization and inoculation experi- 

 ments showed that roup is a disease quite distinct from diphtheria of man. 



Epithelioma in pigeons, Thezee ( Bid. Sue. Etudes Sci. Angers, n. ser., 32 ( 1902), 

 pp. 71, 72). — The author notes the occurrence of epithelioma upon the walls of the 

 stomach in pigeons and describes in some detail the pathological anatomy of these 

 structures, calling attention to their similarity to cancer in man. 



A new parasite (Strongylus quadriradiatus ) found in the pigeon, E. C. 

 Stevenson ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Bureau of Animal Industry Circ. 47, pp. 6, figs. 10). — 

 According to the author this is the first species of Strongylus reported as occurring in 

 pigeons. It was present in large numbers in a flock of pigeons, the larger part of 

 which recently died during the outbreak of an unknown disease. The worm is 

 described with detailed anatomical notes on its various features. The greatest injury 

 is apparently caused by the worms burrowing into the mucous layer of the intes- 

 tines, thus offering a point of entrance for pathogenic bacteria. 



Demonstration of specific parasites in rabies, L. Luzzani (Centbl. Bdkt. u. 

 Par., 1. Alt., Grig., 86 [1904), No. 4, pp. 540-545, pi. 1). — The author was able to dem- 

 onstrate the presence of the peculiar organisms described by Negri and believes that 

 these are to be considered as the cause of rabies. 



