1919] VETERINARY MEDIOINB. 183 



Sixth annual report of the commissioner of animal industry, 1917. L. H 

 Howaki) (Ami. h'pt, Comr. Anitn. Indus. [Mass.], r, [1911), pp. 57).- This report 

 deals particularly with the occurrence of and work with the more Important 



lnfeCtlOU8 diseases of live slock. 



Report of State veterinarian and State live stock sanitary board for 1916, 

 C. J. Mabshaix [Ann. Rpt. Perm. i><pt. Agr., £2 {1916), pp. tH-HZ).— This Is 



the usual annual report, Including data on meat hygiene, horse br ling, 



transmissible diseases of animals, and enforcement of laws. A detailed report 

 is given of investigations in regard to hemorrhagic septicemia. 



The us,, of 48-hour cultures of Bacillus bovisepticus Bubcutaneously in tho 

 dose of 0.5 CC. for sheep and 1 cc. for cattle was found to be harmless and of 

 evident value in conferring Immunity. Incubation at 42.r»° C. for it days 

 failed to render the strains virulent for rabbits in the dose of 0.*-' ee. The 

 death of a few apparently healthy animals within one week following vaccina- 

 tion seemed to indicate that sufficient immunity is not developed within that 

 time. The use of an antiserum simultaneously with the vaccine is recom- 

 mended. 



Annual report of the State Live Stock Sanitary Board of South Dakota for 

 the fiscal year ended June 30, 1917, A. B. Pkaimont {Ann. Rpt. State Live 

 Stock Banit. /•'</. 8. Dale, 1917, pp. 15). — Included in this report is a report by 

 the superintendent of the hoard dealing with the occurrence of and work with 

 contagious diseases of live stock during the year, particularly scabies in cattle, 

 infectious stomatitis, and dourine. Eradication work with dourine in which 

 a 1 pout 12,000 horses were tested demonstrated that the center of infection is in 

 Perkins County, being more prevalent in the eastern part. 



Report on live stock sanitary inspection in Uruguay in 1917, R. MxrSoz 

 Ximknkz (Min. Indus. [Uruguay] Insp. .Vac. Pol. Sanit. Anim., Labor Ann, 1917, 

 pp. 1S6). — This report includes discussions of the occurrence of, ami work of 

 the year with, infectious diseases of live stock. 



Annual report of the civil veterinary department. Bihar and Orissa. for 

 the year 1917—18, D. Qtinlax (Ann. Rpt. Cir. Vet. l><-/>t. Bihar anil Orissa, 

 1917-18. pp. [6]+8+XlV+2, pi. 1).— The usual annual report (E. S. R., 38, p. 

 482). 



Hemorrhagic septicemia: Stockyards fever, swine plague, fowl cholera, 

 etc., H. J. Wasiiiuu.n (17. s. Dipt. Agr., Farmers' Bui. 1018 (1918), pp. 8).— This 

 is a general account of the affection caused by Bacillus bipolaris septicus which 

 attacks various animals, especially cattle, sheep, and swine, and is attended by 

 a very high mortality. The losses from this disease are greatest among young 

 animals, particularly those that are thin in Uesh and poorly nourished. No 

 remedial measures are effective. Preventive measures include the separation 

 of healthy from diseased animals and the use of bacterins. 



Rabies, P. Remlinger (Vet. Rev., 2 (1918), No. 3, pp. 303-306).— This is a 

 review of ten recent papers. 



Rabies and its control in New York State. J. G. Wn.t.s (V. 1". Ihjd. I arms 

 and Markets, Div. Agr. Bui. 107 (1918), pp. 86). — A discussion of rabiesrits 

 occurrence in New York State, and control work therewith. 



Is conceptional rabies possible? P. Rkmi.inger (Compt. Rend. Boc, Biol. 

 [Paris], 81 (1918), No. 8, pp. 1,18, 419).— A study of the possible presence of 

 rabic virus in the seminal vesicles, testicles, and ovaries of rablc guinea pigs 

 by means of injections of emulsions of the finely divided substance into healthy 

 animals gave negative results, showing that "conceptional rabies does not exist 

 and that all cases of hereditary rabies must he due to placental contamination." 



The passage of rabic virus from the mother to the fetus, A. Lanfranchi 

 and F. Lenzi (Compt. Rend. Soc. Biol. [Paris]. SI (1918), No. S, pp. 390-398; 



