288 EXPERIMENT STATION EECORD. 



found in the circulating blood in only the second and third stages, and then 

 not in every instance. 



About the complement binding reaction in tuberculosis, ^^I. Laub and J. 

 NovoTNY {Wiener Klin. Wchnschr., 1009, No. 31, p. 110-^; abs. in Biochem- 

 CentbL, 9 {1909), No. 7-8, p. 36S).— Tests were conducted for the purpose of 

 determining the value of the complement binding reaction for diagnosing tuber- 

 culosis. The antigens employed were Koch's old and new tuberculins and 

 Paltauf's tuberculin. On the basis of the findings of the experiments the 

 authors conclude the i-eactiou is " nonspecific." 



Tembladera, an affection of herbivorous animals in the region of the 

 Andes, H. Rivas and C. Zanolli {Rev. Faciilt. Agron. y Yet. La Plata, 2. ser., 

 5 {1909), pp. 160-184, pis. 6; abs. in Berlin Tierdrztl. Wchnschr., 26 {1910), No. 

 16, p. SlfO). — A fungus, Endoconidimn tembladerce, which develops on grass 

 {Festuca hieronymi) has been found to be the cause of a toxic disease of stor'li 

 in South America. This affection, known as Tembladera. is met with particu- 

 larly in the Andes region from northern Argentina northward. Horses, cattle, 

 sheep, and goats are affected. 



A contribution to the knowledg'e of Aujeszky's disease, Kern (Kozlcni 

 Osszehasonl. Elet es Kortan Korebol, 8 {1909), No. 3-4, p. 108; abs: in Rev. 

 Gen. MM. Y6t., 15 {1910), No. 112, pp. 208, 209).— This disease, also known as 

 infectious bulbar paralysis, although not rare in Hungary or Croatia does not 

 appear to have been reported from other countries. Several cases observed in 

 Croatia are here reported upon. On a farm where the disease was epizootic 3 

 bovines, 2 dogs, and a cat died within a period of 4 days. The author is of the 

 opinion that the virus is transferred b.y some blood-sucking insect. 



A contribution to the etiology of infectious bulbar paralysis, Hutyra 

 {Berlin. Tierdrztl. Wchnschr., 26 {1910), No. 7, pp. 149-151; abs. in Jour. 

 Compar. Path, and Ther., 23 {1910), No. 1, pp. 91-93).— Previous to 1902, when 

 its etiology was demonstrated experimentally by Aujeszky, infectious bulbar 

 paralysis had been unrecognized or confused with rabies. The affection is 

 manifested during its very acute course principally by symptoms of pharyngeal 

 paralysis and intense irritation of various parts of the body. 



Since 1902, the disease has been observed repeatedly by Hungarian veterinary 

 surgeons at different places and in different species of animals, no less than 21 

 cases having been seen during 190S at the clinic for dogs and cats at Budai)est. 

 Balas ascertained that the disease was the cause of an enzootic among rats at 

 a public abattoir and at the same time he saw a cat affected with it, which led 

 him to suppose that there was a causal connection between the disease of dogs 

 and cats on the one hand and the death among rats on the other. 



During the course of an outbreak among cattle in Gyor. inoculation experi- 

 ments were made which showed that rats had died from the same affection. 

 The author concludes that either the two species of animals contracted their 

 illness from the same source or that an animal of the species first attacked 

 transmitted the disease to the other species. While it is thought that rats 

 may be agents in the dissemination of the disease, the manner in which the 

 infective agent is transmitted to animals of different species still remains to 

 be determined. 



Simple notes on the common cattle diseases of Bengal. D. Quinlan {Dept. 

 Agr. Bengal, Quart. Jour., 2 (1908), No. 1, pp. -JJ-JW). — The diseases noted are 

 rinderpest, foot-and-mouth dise;ise, anthrax, and hemorrhagic septicemia. 



The histological changes in the kidneys of bovines with nephritis, M. W. G. 

 Becker {t.ber die liistologlschcn ^ vrdndcrungi ii dvr Nicrc dcs Ri)idcs bei Ne- 

 phritis. Inaug, Diss. Univ. Bern, 1909, pp. 23). — The results are given of a 



