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some of the more important poisonous plants, with especial reference to the condi- 

 tions which exist in Montana. The discussion is partly based on Bulletin 26 of the 

 Division of Botany of this Department (see p. 283). 



Tetanus treated by the antitetanus serum, Dabert {Jour. Med. Yet. etZootech., 

 5. ser., 5 {1901), Jan., pp. 22, 23). — Brief notes on the symptoms of disease and the 

 successful use of antitetanus serum in one case of tetanus in the horse. 



Contagious diseases of animals, H. Mitchell {New Jersey Stgie Bd. Agr. Rpt. 

 1899-1900, pp. 119-122). — This article contains a brief account of an outbreak of 

 anthrax, together with a tabulated statement showing the extent of other contagious 

 liseases. 



Report of the board of agriculture as cattle commissioners, C. J. Bell 

 {Vermont State Bd. Agr. Rpt. 1900, pp. 117-135). — A copy is given of the regulations 

 of the board with regard to inspection and quarantine of cattle and other animals. 

 Brief notes are given on tuberculin tests as carried out under the direction of the 

 board and upon glanders in horses. The nodular disease of sheep caused by the 

 presence of (Esophagostoma colwnbianum in the walls of the intestines, is reported as 

 having prevailed to some extent. 



Actinomycosis in animals, R. Hartl {Berlin. Thierdrztl. Wchn.'ichr., 1901, No. 

 1, pp. 1-6, figs. 2). — This article contains a detailed description of the clinical symp- 

 toms and post-mortem findings of cases of actinomycosis in horses, cats, and dogs. 

 In horses the disease assumes a form which resembles farcy, and has been mistaken 

 for the latter. Ulcers with a persistent discharge are formed in the skin. In one 

 case the whole abdominal wall was changed into a hard, fibrous mass containing 

 numerous small ulcers. The author made numerous cultures of the organism 

 obtained from these cases, the greater proportion of such cultures being made in 

 agar-agar and sugar bouillon. Considerable variation was noted in different forms 

 of the micro-organisms thus obtained, and it is suggested that the relationship of the 

 different forms of the disease may ultimately be more clearly defined than at the 

 present. 



Bovine tuberculosis in Wisconsin, H. L. Russell and E. G. Hastings (W?s- 

 consin Sta. Bui. 84, pp. 16, figs. 4) ■ — About 1,200 animals in suspected herds and 1,000 

 in unsuspected herds in Wisconsin were tested with tuberculin. The percentage of 

 reacting animals varied from 2.2 to 95 per cent in different herds. The average per- 

 centage of tuberculous animals in the State is considered rather small. A statistical 

 account is given of the percentage of tuberculous animals in other States, and brief 

 notes are presented on the geographical distribution of tuberculosis in Wisconsin, 

 the spread of the disease from herd to herd, its introduction through tuberculous 

 animals, the advisability of State quarantine, mode of dissemination within a herd, 

 and methods of treating reacting animals and controlling the disease. 



Report of tuberculosis commission {New Jersey State Bd. Agr. Rpt. 18.99-1900, 

 pp. 111-116). — Brief recommendations regarding sanitary measures to be adopted in 

 preventing the spread of tuberculosis among cattle and the transmission of the disease 

 from cattle to man. 



The suppression of bovine tuberculosis, A. Peters {Rhode Jsland State Bd. 

 Agr. Rpt. 1900, pp. 200-215). — A discussion of the views which are held at present 

 with regard to the infectiousness of the flesh and milk of tuberculous animals and 

 the control of the disease by means of government regulations. 



Blackleg, D. Hutciieox {Agr. Jour. Capje GoodHope, 18 {1901), No. 2, pp. 67-73).— 

 The symptoms and post-mortem conditions of this disease are described. Brief notes 

 are given on hygienic measures to be adopted for preventing outbreaks of the disease, 

 and directions are given for using blackleg vaccine. 



The significance of the fungiform papillae in the diagnosis of foot-and- 

 mouth disease, H. Leutsch {Ztschr. Fleisch. u. Milchhyg., 11 {1901), No. 5, pp. 142, 

 14s, fig- 1)- — From an anatomical study of the tongue in cases of this disease, it waa 



