682 EXPERIMENT STATION KECORD. 



p. 581), which emphasizes (ho import a i ice of ticli • eradication to the dairy 

 industry in tlie »Soii(liern .States. 



A contribution to the study of the treatment of bovine piroplasmosis by 

 trypanblue, C. Mkllxs {Ecv. It'/. IToulousc], 3D (lOlJ,), Ao. 6, pp. 321-33.',)-— 

 Twenty-three cases of i>iroplasmosis in different degrees of severity were treated 

 by the author through the use of trypanblue, it being administered subcu- 

 taneously in 20 cases in doses of from 1(X» to 160 gm. of the solution, both with 

 and without pilocarpine, and intravenously in three in doses of 100 gm. with 

 COS gm. of pilocarpine. Nineteen of the cases responded to the treatment. 

 The author ]K)iiits out that with all four animals that succumbed the drug was 

 administered suhcutaneously. 



A text-book of the topographical anatomy of the horse, W. Ei.i.knbf.rcer 

 and n. Baum {LeJuhuch dcr Topograplnschcn Anatomic ties Pferdes. Berlin: 

 Paul Pare]/, 1914, PP- IX-\-427, figs. 215). — This text-boolc has been prepared 

 from the author's large 3-volume work on the subject (E. S. R., 9. p.' 594) for 

 use as a handbook by the veterinary student. The text of this work is shorter 

 than that of the 3-volume work, but the number of figures remains the same, 

 and a largo number are in color. 



Ophthalmic mallein for the diag'nosis of glanders, J. R. Mohler and A. 

 EicHiiouN {U. H. Dcpt. Ayr. Bui. 166 {1915), pp. 11, pi. 1). — ^The mallein eye 

 reaction is considered the most appropriate test for the use of the practicing 

 veterinarian for the diagnosis of glanders. The combined agglutination and 

 complement fixation method is considered a good laboratory test, as a check on 

 the field tests and as a last resort in the diagnosis of doubtful reactors. 



The oi>htha]mic test, wliich is simple to conduct, has been used with much 

 success in Europe, especially in Austria. The reaction commences in from five 

 to six hours after the instillation of the mallein, and lasts from 24 to 36 hours. 

 The e.s.sential factor in obtaining satisfactory results is to use the proper kind 

 of mallein. The mallein employed by the Bureau of Animal Industry was in 

 concentrated form (raw mallein) and prepared by the Biochemic Division. 

 The method of preparation is described. Dry mallein may also be used for the 

 test but the solution for instillation must be prepared fresh each day. This 

 form of mallein is used in the State of Pennsylvania for official work. The 

 method of applying and interin-etiug the mallein test is described in detail and 

 the description is accompanied by a copy of Quarantine Division Form 69, 

 Record of Ophthalmic Mallein Test, used l>y the Bureau of Animal Industry. 

 The effect of the test on glandered and healthy animals is discussed. Four 

 reproductions of photographs are included to show the varying degrees of 

 reactions. 



The report of the special committee of the American Veterinary ^Medical As- 

 sociation and its conclusions, which are in accord with the findings of the 

 bureau, ai"e j)resented. 



Contagious pneumonia. — Its treatment by neosalvarsan, R. Bunsow (Blood- 

 stock Breeders' Rev., 3 (191J,), No. 1, pp. 40-43; ahs. in Yet. Rcc., 27 (191.',), No. 

 1358, pp. 41, 4^)- — This article calls attention to the recent advances made in 

 the treatment of pectoral influenza of equines through the use of neosalvarsan, 

 which has much the same properties as snlvarsan (dioxydiamidoarsenobenzol). 



Hog cholera as a result of vaccinating" against erysipelas, Mulleb (Berlin. 

 Ticrarztl. Wchnfichr., 30 (1914), No. 13, Beilagc, pp. 21-24). — A culture of ery- 

 sipelas bacteria suspected of being the cause of hog cholera was tested upon 7- 

 to S-week-old shoats. Some were given the culture and others the filtrate from 

 the culture, while another lot received blood serum, filtered and unfiltered. and 

 organ pastes from affected animals. 



