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moses due to Piroplasma Mgeminum and P. argentinum. It may also be trans- 

 mitted by the same tick, namely, Margaropus microplus; it is not transmitted 

 by Stomoxys. 



The inoculation of bovines with Anaplasraa may be accomplished equally 

 well through subcutaneous, intravenous, and intramuscular injections. The 

 incubation periotl is notably longer than for the piroplasmoses and the course 

 is more irregular. Animals vaccinated against P. higeminum and P. argentinum 

 remain susceptible to Anaplasma, and bovines Immunized against Anaplasma 

 are susceptible to P. Ugeminum and P. argentinum. Anaplasmosis is a specific 

 disease distinct from piroplasmosis. 



The vaccine treatmeat of mammitis in cattle, A. Payne {Vet. Jour., 10 

 {191Jf), No. Jf64, pp. 94-96). — Three cases affected with streptococcic mammitis 

 were treated with a vaccine consisting of killed streptococci and staphylococci, 

 with good results. The vaccine was given subcutaneously in a fold of the skin 

 above the udder and anterior to the patella in four doses at intervals of three 

 days apart. The first dose was 250.000,000 and the last 700,000,000 bacteria. 



A contribution to sheep plague, " septicaemia plurif ormis ovium (Miessner 

 and Schern)" and combating the same by serum in practice, H. Raebigeb, 

 W. Kliem, and E. Seibold {Deut. Tierdrztl. Wchnschr., 21 (1913), No. 10, pp. 

 11(0-149; ahs. in Ztschr. Immimitdtsf. u. Expt. Ther., II, Ref., 7 {1913), No. 8, 

 p. 355). — The immunization with specific serum seems to have given good 

 results. 



Annual report of the camel specialist for the year 1913-14, H. E. Cboss 

 {Ann. Rpt. Camel Specialist [Punjab], 1913-11,, pp. i7+///).— This annual 

 report deals largely with the diseases of camels, especially with the treatment 

 of surra. A report on the biting flies in the Punjab by Patel (pp. I-III) is 

 appended. 



Vaccination against hog cholera, H. Holtekbach {Osterr. Wchnschr. Tier- 

 heilk., 38 {1913), p. 51; ahs. in Centbl. Bakt. [etc.'], 1. AM., Rcf., 58 {1913), No. 

 4, pp. Ill, 112). — When a diagnosis for hog cholera is uncertain the author 

 recommends injecting several of the sick animals with Hutyra's vaccine, some 

 with Suiseptiferin, and others with a mixture of both substances. The animals 

 receiving the Hutyra serum alone in this investigation recovered quickly, those 

 injected with Suiseptiferin died, and those receiving both substances showed 

 some improvement. The diagnosis was hog cliolera. 



Suggestions that will assist in the prevention and control of hog cholera, 

 F. S. ScHOENLEBER (Eansas Sta. Circ. 40 {1914), pp. 3). — Directions are given 

 for the cleaning and disinfecting of farms where hog cholera exists or existed 

 during the past year. The means that should be taken to prevent the disease 

 from gaining entrance to the farm are also pointed out. 



* Eighteen cases of pectoral infl,uenza treated with atoxyl, G. Palmgren 

 {Svcnsk Vet. Tidskr., 19 {1914), No. 1, pp. 6-13; abs. in Rev. GtUt. MM. V6t., 

 23 {1914), No. 211, pp. 311, 318). — While sjilvarsan has been recognized as a 

 specific for pectoral influenza, its high price and the favorable results obtained 

 by Bochberg « from the use of atoxyl led to the experiments here reported. 



The author administered atoxyl subcutaneously to three horses, increasing 

 the daily dosage from 0.3 to 0.4 to 0.5 to 0.75 gm. The treatment, which was 

 commenced on the second and third days of the disease, resi>ectively. and con- 

 tinued for four days, soon relieved the fever. In order to determine whether 

 the temperature was raised by the injection of atoxyl, as has been observed 

 in certain cases following the administration of salvarsan. records were made 

 hourly up to the eighth hour following the injection but no hyperthermia 

 resulted. 



•Ztschr. Veterinark., 22 (1910), No. 7, pp. 332-334. 



