180 EXPERIMENT STATION EECORD. 



Transmission of foot-and-mouth disease to a dog, Martin (Munchen. 

 Tierarztl. Wchnschr., 57 {1913), No. 38, p. 708; abs. in Vet. Rec, 27 (1915), No. 

 1385, p. 390). — The author records a case of foot-and-mouth disease in a St. 

 Bernard dog that ate pieces of horn from tlie claws of animals affected with 

 the disease. 



Mastitis complicating foot-and-mouth disease as a secondary infection 

 of the udder, Ramella {Clin. Vet. lAlilan], Rass. Pol. Sanit. e Ig., 37 (1914), 

 No. 3, pp. 121-123; abs. in Vet. Rec., 27 {1915), No. 1385, pp. 389, 390).— An 

 outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the autumn, winter, and spring of 1913-14, 

 although benign in form, is said to have presented the predominant feature of 

 predisposing the patients to secondary infection, particularly mastitis, with 

 which from 10 to 20 per cent, or even more, of the cows became affected. 



Through the systematic disinfection of the udder of cows affected with 

 foot-and-mouth disease for a period of about 20 days with a tepid 5 per cent 

 solution of lysoform the cases of mastitis became fewer in number and milder. 

 Since the losses from mastitis are sometimes greater than those caused by 

 foot-and-mouth disease itself, the author considers the disinfection of the udder 

 necessary whenever foot-and-mouth disease appears and the sole means of 

 averting this complication. 



Bemarks on the serodiagnosis of glanders, W. Pfeilee, G. Weber, and F. 

 SCHOMMER {Berlin. Tierdrztl. Wchnschr., 30 {1914), ^o. 19, pp. 320-322).— 

 One horse out of seven tested by the conglutination (E. S. R., 28, p. 478), ag- 

 glutination, and complement-fixation methods failed to react by both the con- 

 glutination and complement fixation methods. This animal when tested by 

 the ophthalmic mallein test gave a positive reaction and on slaughter was 

 found to be glandered. This and other reasons led the authors to modify some 

 of the features of the conglutination test with a view to obtaining greater 

 accuracy. 



Investigations on the utility of the conglutination method for the sero- 

 diagnosis of glanders in horses, O. Waldmann {Aj-ch. Wiss. u. PraJct. Tier- 

 heilJc, 40 {1914), No. 4-5, pp. 382-^9^).— The method was studied on three 

 horses artificially infected with the glanders bacillus. The agglutination and 

 complement fixation tests were carried out at the same time, the procedure 

 prescribed by Pfeiler and Weber for conducting the conglutination tests (E. 

 S. R., 28, p. 478) being adhered to closely. 



The conglutination and complement fixation tests showed inhibition on the 

 same day and it reached its maximum on about the eleventh day in each case. 

 As a rule inhibition was more distinct in the conglutination test. The optimum 

 amount of serum required for the conglutination test was 0.05 cc. 



The mechanism of the conglutination reaction is discussed. 



Johne's disease, A. L. Sheathee {Vet. Rec., 27 {1914), No. 1375, pp. 276- 

 281). — This paper was presented at the Tenth International Veterinary Con- 

 gress, held at London in 1914. 



The diagnosis of rabies by the detection of sugar in the urine and hemor- 

 rhages in the gastric mucous membrane, N. Michin {Berlin. Tierdrztl. 

 Wchnschr., 30 {1914), ^o. 35, pp. 622-624) .—The tests were made with the 

 urine of rabbits infected with passage or street virus. Sugar was not noted 

 in all of the cases, but the findings of sugar in the urine might, under certain 

 conditions, be used in diagnosing rabies. Hemorrhages in the mucous membrane 

 of the stomach were also noted, but not in all cases. 



Experiments on the cultivation of rinderpest virus as described by Bal- 

 drey, W. H. Boynton {Philippine Jour. Sci., Sect. B, 9 {1914), No. 3, pp. 

 259-268). — In the case of two animals that died in less time than the incuba- 

 tion period of rinderpest after injection of Martin's broth culture, the autopsy 



