472 . ICXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



cattle ticks {Amhl>/omma unipunctata) were seut to the Kansas Experi- 

 ment Station, wliere tlie former were placed on a heifer wliich subse- 

 quently (lied. The ticks of the latter species were placed on 2 youn*;- 

 calves; the temperatures of these calves subsequently never exceeded 

 104°. 



Tuberculosis {Xorth Dakota Sta. Bui. li^l)p. 35-47). — A popular arti- 

 cle on the occurrence, cause, and sym])toms of tuberculosis, together 

 with a record of temperatures of 5 animals inoculated with tuberculin. 

 The statement is made that there is very little tuberculosis in the herds 

 of the State, but that the number of cases is somewhat on the increase 

 each year. 



The animal parasites which we obtain through our food, C. W. Stiles {Pop. 

 Health Mag., 1 {1894), pp. 337-342; Nat. Pop. -Monthhj, 5 {1894), pp. 165-169).— A 

 popular article on the parasites wliich may he obtained from hecf, pork, and other 

 foods when not properly cooked. — c. w. stiles. 



Strongylusostertagivs. S. convolutus, C.W. Stiles {Ztsehr.Fleisch- undMilvhhyg., 

 5 {1894), PI). 151-153) — This parasite of cattle was described by Ostertag under the . 

 name Strovf/yhis convolutus; as the specific name was preoccupied, Stiles changed the 

 name to Stro)ioylHfi ostertagi; Stadelmann declared this change absurd, and in the 

 above paper the author gives his reasons for the change of name, quoting the rules 

 of nomenclature. — c. w. stiles. 



A case of actinomycosis in the spine of a cow^, J. Wetterwik {Nord. Mejeri 

 Tidn., 9 {1894), p. 428). 



Glanders and farcy {State Board of Health of Tennessee, pp. 4). — This pamphlet 

 o-ives the text of tlie State law relative to the prevention and spread of commun- 

 icable diseases among domestic animals, and the regulations adopted by the board 

 of health for the restriction and prevention of glanders and farcy. 



Hog cholera {State Board of Health of Tennessee, j)p- 7). — This pamphlet gives the 

 sources of infection as (1) pigs from infected herds or farms; (2) contaminated 

 streams ; (3) the conveyance of the virus in the feed, implements, or on the feet or cloth- 

 ing of the attendants; (4) iDsects and birds. The methods of caring for tlie herds, 

 as disinfecting the soil and premises on the farms where hog cholera has occurred, 

 are given. 



Production of pleuropneumonia of cattle experimentally by means of cul- 

 tures {Compt Bend., 119 {1894), No. 2, pp. 143-146). — Researches on the cause of the 

 above-mentioned disease. 



Splenetic (Texas) fever, its restriction and prevention {State Board of Health 

 of Tennessee, pp. 4). — This panipldet gives the text of the State law relative to tlie 

 prevention and sjjread of commuuicablo diseases among domestic animals, and the 

 regulations adopted by the board of health for the restriction and prevention of 

 Texas fever. 



Experiments with tuberculin, M. Francis {Texas Sta. Bid. 30, p. 447). — A record 

 of the temperatures of 6 animals, 4 of which were inoculated with tuberculin. 



Directions for the application of tuberculin for the diagnosis of bovine tuber- 

 culosis, O. Malm {Bpt. Bio. Ghent. Lab. Christiania, 1891-93, I, pp. 125-133). 



Acorn poLsoning {Leafiets Bd. Agr. England, 1893, pp. 69, 70. — A popular article 

 calling attention to a disease of young cattle caused by eating acorns. 



Poisonous effects of feeding Lathyrus sativus seed {Kew Misc. Bui. 94 {1894), 

 pp. 349, 352).— A popular article. 



Measures for the repression of cattle plagues in Germany {Milch Ztg., 23 

 {1894), No. 40, p: 641). 



