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Common diseases of farm animals. R, A. CSAIG {Philadelphia and London: 

 J. B. Lippincott Co., 1919, 3. ed., n v., pp. XII+334, pi. 1, figs. 123).— A revised 

 edition of the work previously Doted i E. S. K.. 34, p. 383). 



The control of animal diseases, J. K. MoHLEB (Amir. .lour. Vet. Mid.. 14 

 (1919), No. 4, pp. 155-161). 



Erroneous impressions of certain Federal activities, J. K. BfOHXEB i Amer. 

 Jour. Vet. Med., /-} (1919), Xo. 5, pp. 207-214). 



Regulations governing entrance to the veterinary-inspector examination 

 (D. S. Dept. Agr., Off. < c. 128 (1919), pp. 11 i.— This presents regulations, 



which became effective September 5 i 18, promulgated by the Secretary of 

 Agriculture and approved by the U. S. Civil Service Commission relative i«' the 

 matriculation examination and course of Instruction in veterinary at 



veterinary schools and colleges required to educate and qualify persons tor the 

 civil service examination for the position of veterinary inspector. 



A list of the schools and colleges at present accredited and qualified to supply 

 the graduates eligible to enter such examinations is Included, 



Report of veterinarian. C. A. i'\v.\ (Alabc ' .'. Sta. Rpt. 1918, pp. 32- 

 34). — This is a brief statement of the results of work carried on during the 

 year to determine (1) the toxic effect of red buckeye (JBsculua pa via) when 

 ingested by pigs, (2) the toxic action of Helenium tenuifolium on horses and 

 dogs, and (8) th. effieac] ol anthelmintics on chl 



Ninth biennial report of the State veterinarian of California for the two 

 years ended June 30. 1918. « '. I (Bien. Rpt. State Vet. CaL, 9 (1917-18), 



pp. 87). This reports particularly on the tuberculin testing of dalrj herds 

 under the provisions of the S dry law, tuberculosis control, occurrence of 



hog cholera, anthrax, sheep Bcables, blackleg, glanders, and forage poisoning. 



Seventh biennial report of the Kansas Live Stock Sanitary Commissioner, 

 1917-18. J. 1J. Meri eh (Bit n. Rpt. Kan*. Liv\ Stock Saw*. Comr., ? (1911 ■ 

 pp. 86, figs. 5). — This report Includes discussions ol bog cholera and its con- 

 trol, bovine tuberculosis, the accredited herd plan, hemorrhagic septicemia, 

 scabies eradication, contagious abortion, etc. 



Report of the New York State Veterinary College for the year 1916-17 

 (Rpt. \. V. State Vet. OoL, 1916 17, pp. 364, P^. 38.). The papers her.- p re- 

 sented are as follows: Researches In the Diseases of Breeding Cattle, by W, U 

 Williams and \Y. A. Hagan (pp. 62-139) : The Etiology and Mode of Infection 

 in White Scours of Calves, l.y \Y. A Hagan (pp. L40-161) ; Formalin in the 

 Treatment of Mastitis, by J. N. Frosl (pp. 162 L65) (E. S. K.. 37, p. 277 i ; 

 Anaesthesia and Narcosis, by W. B. Muldoon (pp. 166 198); a Survey of the 

 Intestinal Parasites of the Dog, by F. V. Dederick (pp. 199, 200); Car!.. 

 Feeding and the Care of Garbage Fed Swine, by R, R, Birch (pp. 201 213); 

 Orokinase and Ptyalin in the Saliva of the Horse, by 0. c, Hayden (ppy 214- 

 234); Tuberculosis In Equines, by E, M. Pickens (pp. 235 254) ; The Patholi - 

 of Spavin, by S. A. Goldberg (p] 140) (E S. K. 39, p 686) ; and Panu 



Affecting Sheep, by C. P. Fitch (pp. 341 359) (E. S. U.. 38, p. 183). 



The importance of sodium chlorid in agglutination, iWi (Jour. Col. 



Ayr. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, 8 (1918), Vo. ■',. pp. i ; ob». in Vet. Rev., 3 (1919), 



No. 1, pp. 66, 67). — Three papers are pi. 



I. The infix ■! sodium chlorid on agglutination (pp. 259 289).— Various 



agglutination experiments are reported from which the following conclusJ 

 are drawn: A certain amount of salt Is necessary for the complete action of 

 immune agglutinins, but there Is ho fixed relation between the amount of salt 

 and the appearance of agglutination, A small amount of salt is sufficient to 

 start the agglutination. 



