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those .'iffpcted with foot-and-mouth disease. There were some variations in the 

 milk sugar content but not so fj;reat as in the fat, the majority of oases ranging 

 from 4.5 to 5.5 per cent with several cases as low as 1. In ash content there 

 was as a rule little variation from the normal. Except in cases of abnormally- 

 high or low fat content, the specific gravity of the milk varied but little from 

 the normal. The casein content appeared to be lower than the normal except 

 in cases of mastitis and fot)t-and-mouth disease. Among the diseases studied 

 wore mastitis, foot-and-mouth disease, intestinal catarrh, endometritis, pye- 

 lonephritis, and diseases of the respiratory organs. 



Some drugs recently used in veterinary practice, J. N. Fuost (Cornell Vet., 

 4 (1DJ5), No. 4, pp. 100-193). — The author states that during the year four 

 lierds in which infectious mastitis was spreading rapidly were treated with 

 methylene blue. Each cow was given 60 grains, followed by a dose of 30 

 grains the following night and morning. In all cases treated the dose was 

 sufficient to cause the milk to be colored. Rapid recoveries followed in all the 

 herds without the loss of a single quarter or the production of a hard milker. 

 It is stated that one of these herds had been troubled nearly every year by in- 

 fectious mastitis with the loss of the udder or a section of it and the produc- 

 tion of hard milkers by the formation of fibrous growths, commonly called 

 spider in the teat canal. 



Kidney worm infestation of swine in the Philippine Islands with special 

 reference to the pathological changes, W. H. Boynton {Philippine Jour. >S'e/., 

 ^Sect. B, 9 (1914), ^^0. 3, pp. 269-289, pis. 3).— This report of studies of the 

 pathological changes induced by the kidney worm (Stephanurus dentatiis) is 

 based upon the examination of ])igs imported into the Philippines. 



Infestation with >S'. dentufus is characterized by muscular pains, tenderness 

 to pressure over the kidneys, weakness, loss of appetite, emaciation, and partial 

 or complete paralysis of the hind quarters. "The parasites may be located in 

 the fat surrounding the kidneys, in the ureters, and encysted in the kidneys, 

 liver, spleen, lymph glands, and muscles and connective tissues in the region of 

 the kidneys; also, they may be found free, slightly embedded, or encysted in 

 the connective tissue of both peritoneal and thoracic cavities." 



The age at which jDigs usually die from infestation with S. dentatus and the 

 lesions produced by this parasite indicate a slow-developing chronic disease. 

 " Since the average age of pigs that are killed for meat at the Manila matadero 

 varies from six months to one and one-half years, the disease does not have 

 time to cause any fatal or very damaging lesions in the animals. Hence it is 

 not looked upon as very serious in connection with meat inspection. In older 

 animals the lesions are more serious. 



" From the sevei'al autopsies made on animals, it is concluded that kidney 

 worm infestation becomes a generalizetl instead of a localized disease of swine 

 when allowed to run*its course. Practically every cavity of the body may be- 

 come infested." 



Attention is called to the fact that observations reported by Newcomb 

 (E. S. R., 30, p. 384) show the infestation to be prevalent in native hogs 

 slaughtered at Manila. 



Hog cholera or Pintadilla, B. M. Bolton (Estac. Expt. Agron. Cuba Circ. 

 46 (1914), pp. 16, fig. 1). — A general account of the nature of this disease, 

 symptoms, duration, etc., vaccination, the disiiosition of animals that die of 

 the disease, and the advisability of disinfecting the premises where it has ex- 

 isted. 



Hog cholera questions and answers, F. B. Hadley ( 1F/sco«.s'/h tita. Circ. 54 

 (1914), PP- 3-28. figs. 10). — This circular deals with the nature and occurrence 

 of hog cholera in Wi.scousin, its cause, diagnosis, prevention and control, and 



