588 EXPEKIMENT STATION EECORD. 



hours after the birth. In the event that the animal will not take water, thirst 

 shonld be stimulated with either salt, bicarbonate of soda, or similar substances. 

 If the disease has already set in, the classical treatment, that is, inflation of 

 the udder with air, should be given together with intrauterine and intrarectal 

 lavages and subcutaneous injections. 



Epidemic chronic catarrhal mastitis, L. Wall {Abs. in Berlin, TieriirzU. 

 Wclinsehr., 26 {1910), 'So. 22, pp. Jf.'/'i, 4^i-^)- — A report of cases in which 6 cows 

 out of a herd of 60 were affected for a period of one month with mastitis is 

 given. 



On the average only one quarter was affected. The quarters were swollen 

 and hard, but not painful. The treatment consisted of repeated injections of 

 boracic acid solution and anointment with iodin ointment. After one of the 

 animals was slaughtered the epidemic ceased, although sporadic cases occurred 

 here and there. On examining the milk and on autopsy of the udder both were 

 found to contain Grips bacilli. 



Infectious lymphangitis in cattle, F. IIaymond (Jour. Trop. Vet. 8ci., 5 

 (1910), No. 2, pp. 213-232. pis. 5, figs. S).— This is a report of investigations 

 made during the coui-se of an outbreak of infectious lymphangitis in some 

 80 out of 300 heavy draft bullocks received in Calcutta, chiefly from the Punjab. 



Gastro-enteritis coccidiosis of cattle, R. E. Montgomery (Vet. Neics, 7 

 (1910), No. 33J,, pp. 292-296. fig. 1; Vet. Rec, 22 (1910), No. 111,5, pp. 825-828).— 

 An outbreak of gastro-enteritis due to Eimeria stieda' is reported to have 

 occurred in Meru, British East Africa, in September, 1909. 



Worm nests in cattle due to Filaria gibsoni n. sp., J. B. Cleland and T. H. 

 Johnston (Ayr. Gaz. N. S. Wale.'^. 21 (1910), No. 2, pp. 173, i7'^).— The para- 

 sitic worms which form nodules in the briskets of Australian cattle are de- 

 scribed as representing a new species, /•'. gibsoni. These nodules aue of very 

 frequent occurrence in Queensland and West Australian cattle and are some- 

 times found in animals in New South Wales. 



Lip-and-leg ulceration (Necrobacillosis) of sheep, L. E. Northrupp (Anier. 

 Vet. Rev., 37 (1910), No. 2, pp. 207-210). — A paper presented at the annual 

 meeting of the North Dakota Veterinary Association, in January, 1910. 



Gangrenous mammitis of sheep, J. A. Gilruth (New Zeal. Dept. Agr. Ann. 

 Rpt., 17 (1909), pp. 292-297). — An account of a mild outbreak associated with 

 a micrococcus that is extremely virulent in the pure state. 



Mortality among hoggets and lambs due to parasitic disease, C. J. Reakes 

 (Neic Zeal. Dept. Agr. Ann. Rpt., 17 (1909), pp. 305, 306).— An unusual mor- 

 tality which occurred in Canterbury and Sou(h JNlarlborough among hoggets and 

 lambs, due to the common lung worm of sheep (Sfrongyliis filaria) and the 

 stomach worms (S. cervieornis and iS. eontortiis), is reported upon. 



Hog cholera and the serum, method of treatment, E. Barnett (South Caro- 

 lina Sta. Bui. 152, pp. 3-1 J/). — The author reports tests made with 4 hogs rang- 

 ing in weight from 91 to 106 lbs. All 4 were inoculated February 15, 1909, with 

 2 cc. of virulent blood. Two, which were injected with 10 cc. and 20 cc, re- 

 spectively, of hyperimmune serum, were protected against hog cholera, while 

 the hog injected with 5 cc. of serum and the one used as a check succumbed to 

 the disease. 



The author concludes that even the small dose of 5 cc. of serum increased 

 the resistance to hog cholera. So far as could be seen the 10 cc. dose afforded 

 as efficient protection as the 20 cc. dose. 



On March IS the hog which had been injected with 20 cc. of serum was in- 

 oculated with 10 cc. of the original virulent virus in order to test the duration 

 of the immunity. The animal responded only by a rise in temperature for 2 

 days with accelerated breathing, apparently regaining normal condition again 



