VETERINARY SCIENCE AND PRACTICE. 513 



salt, aniseed, and sulphate of iron is added to the dry food already allowed. Appar- 

 ently the lambs derived great benefit from dry feed combined with a tonic. A brief 

 account is also presented of the flukeworm disease of sheep, with notes on the habits 

 and life history of this worm and the usual methods of preventing infestation by it. 



Report of sheep-dipping 1 committee (Jour. Bd. Agr. [London], 11 (1904), No. 

 6, pp. 358-364) . — A summary is presented of experiments in dipping sheep during 

 which a large number of substances are employed as dips. The committee did not 

 recommend any special dip as the result of their experiments, but it was found that 

 the best dips of all classes are quite effective against both sheep scab and sheep ticks. 

 It is recommended, however, that wherever a second dipping becomes necessary 

 within 12 days, none of the arsenical or poisonous dips should be used. It was 

 shown conclusively that one dipping with a good dip is enough to cure sheep scab. 

 Carbolic dips as well as arsenical and sulphur dips are thoroughly effective in curing 

 sheep scab, but the experiments showed that the use of the latter dips in too strong 

 solution was attended with some danger to the sheep. 



Diseases of swine, R. A. Craig and A. W. Bitting (Indiana Sta. Bid. 100, pp. 

 11-204, Jigs. 23). — This bulletin is in the nature of a brief handbook on the diseases 

 of pigs. It is offered as a summary of investigations regarding the more important 

 diseases which affect this animal. 



Attention is called to the great importance of the swine industry and to the large 

 losses which this business suffers through the prevalence of diseases. A general 

 account is presented on the nature of diseases and the common means of spreading 

 infection. Notes are also given on the methods of administering medicines to hogs. 

 The diseases which are discussed in the main part of the bulletin are arranged 

 according to the organs or parts most seriously affected. These diseases include all 

 forms of digestive disturbances, including poisoning from various sources, diseases of 

 the peritoneum, liver, urinary apparatus, generative organs, respiratory apparatus, 

 heart, nervous system, udder, and skin. 



Particular attention is given to an account of the infectious diseases of the pigs, 

 especially hog cholera and swine plague. The internal and external parasites of 

 pigs are also mentioned and notes are given on means of destroying them. At the 

 close of the bulletin the authors present an account of immunity and vaccination 

 with especial reference to hog diseases. 



Swine erysipelas as the result of inoculation, Meyenberg and Wiethuchter 

 (Berlin. Tierarztl. Wchnschr., 1904, No. 38, pp. 638, 639). — In the experiments of the 

 authors in inoculating for the prevention of swine erysipelas, bad results have some- 

 times occurred in a high percentage of cases. Notes are given on the conditions 

 under which these unfavorable results take place. In order to avoid such mishaps 

 it is recommended that a veterinary serum institute be established open to member- 

 ship to all of the veterinarians in the German Empire. 



Pyemic cachexia and swine plague, Olt (Dent. Tierarztl. Wchnschr., 12 (1904), 

 Nos. 37, pp. 365-367; 38, pp. 377-380).— As a result of the author's study of these 

 diseases it is concluded that Bacillus pyogenes suis, discovered by Grips, is a specific, 

 pyogenic organism which may cause local suppuration followed by spontaneous heal- 

 ing or chronic pyemia with fatal results. Pigs of all ages are susceptible to pyemic 

 cachexia and young animals are most susceptible to artificial infection. The organ- 

 ism gains entrance to pigs chiefly through lesions due to operations or accidents. 



The disease usually appears in an independent form, but may accompany other 

 infectious diseases. It differs greatly in appearance according to the location of the 

 pathological processes. The latter are observed most extensively in the lymphatic 

 system of the abdomen, pericardium, and pleural cavities. The organism when car- 

 ried through the blood system may cause suppurative inflammation of various joints 

 and may produce metastases in the lungs. Grips' bacillus may even produce sup- 

 purative broncho-pneumonia but never swine plague. The latter disease is caused 



