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Some notes on the systematic dipping of stock, C. R. IOdmonds and L. E. W. 

 Bevan {Rhodesia Agr. Jour., 11 (IDUf), No. 7, pp. 988-1003, pi. i).— A general 

 (iiscussiou of the subject, including notes on the biology and a colored diagram 

 showing the stages in the life cycle of the blue, brown, and red-legged ticks. 



Beport of the civil veterinary department, Assam, for the year 1913—14, 

 W. Harris {liiJt. Civ. Vet. Dept. Assam, 1913-lJf, pp. 2+25). — This report 

 includes accounts of the occurrence and treatment of diseases of animals, pre- 

 ventive inoculations, breeding oi)erations, etc. 



Collected papers from the research laboratory, Parke, Davis & Co., Detroit, 

 Mich. (Collected Papers Research Lab. Parke, Davis tt- Co., Reprints, 1 {1913), 

 pp. V-\-281, figs. 35). — This deals with results of investigations conducted chiefly 

 in the laboratory of the institution named above. The material contained 

 therein which is of interest to veterinarians and agriculturists has been reported 

 from the current literature. 



The infl.uence of low temperatures on the anthrax bacillus, K. Poppe 

 {Ztschr. Fleisch u. Milchhyg., 21^ {1914), No. 21, pp. 485-489, fig. i).— The 

 author's investigations show that the virulence and reproductive capacity of 

 the anthrax bacillus in meat and in cultures are not affected by exposure to an 

 average temperature of — 15° C. (5° F.) for two weeks. 



Bursati, J. D. E. Holmes {Mem. Dept. Agr. India, Vet. 8er., 2 {1914), ^o. 5, 

 pp. 119-153, pis. 5). — A considerable amount of confusion exists in literature 

 regarding the identity of bursati in India with leeches in America, swamp 

 cancer in Australia, and other affections described as summer sore, granu- 

 lar dermatitis, and parasitic fibromata, etc., and held on the observations of 

 several authors to be connected with the presence of nematode embryos. Bursati 

 varies in most clinical aspects from these affections. 



" There is not sufficient evidence to prove that nematode embryos are present 

 in bursati lesions or that the bursati sores or tumors are caused by such em- 

 bryos. There is a similarity in several clinical aspects between leeches and 

 bursati. The presence of a fungus in leeches has been recorded by several ob- 

 servers and described as causal agent. The spores and mycelia of a somewhat 

 similar fungus are frequently to be found in the kunkur and tumors of bursati. 

 The presence of spores and mycelia in the bursati tumors, and the fact that 

 cultures of a fungus of the genus Sporotrichum have repeatedly been obtained 

 from bursati tumors and kunkurs and also direct from the blood of horses 

 infected with bursati, affords some evidence that the disease is a mycosis 

 somewhat resembling the sporotrichosis of the horse and mule described by 

 Carougeau [E. S. R., 21, p. 791] in Madagascar." 



The present status as to combating' glanders by the veterinary police, 

 with the various methods for diagnosis, and with special reference to the 

 mallein eye test, Maeioth {Monatsh. Prakt. Tierheilk., 24 {1913), Nos. 7-8, 

 pp. 340-373; 9-10, pp. 426-456) .—This is a study and digest of the literature 

 pertaining to the various biological methods for diagnosing glanders. The eye 

 test is given the preference. 



In regard to immunity in trypanosome diseases, Offermann {Ztschr. 

 Veterindrk., 25 {1913), No. 7, pp. 299-301).— A 2i-year-old mare received an 

 intravaginal injection of 20 drops of mouse blood containing dourine (Beschal- 

 seuche) trypanosomes diluted with 5 cc. of physiological salt solution on Sep- 

 tember 16, 1010. From 17 to 20 days post injection trypanosomes were noted in 

 the blood of the animal and all mice which were treated with the blood died. 



On April 16. 1911, the horse was treated intravenously with 10 drops of rat 

 blood containing trypanosomes and 5 cc. of salt solution, and on January 6, 

 1912, subcutaneously with 20 drops of the same amount of blood. The animal 

 remained clinically sound. Parasites, however, persisted in the blood and from 



