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when given in the usual :imuuul Mjj;ains( a fatal dose of virus administered 

 later/' In other experiments it was i)lanned to use the blood from a piu which 

 had been hyperimmunized for two days in tlie Siime manner as a vaccine was 

 used. "The pig was hyperimmunized by giving 5 cc. of virus per pound of 

 weight; weight of pig about GO lbs. The l)lood was Injected intravenously, and 

 42 hours later the pig was killed and the blood secured was treated as vac- 

 cine; that is. it was defibrinated and had 0.5 per cent carbolic acid added as a 

 preservative." This blood tested on four Jiealthy pigs showed no ill effects even 

 tliough they were given 1 cc. of fresh hog cholera virus nearly a montli later. 

 In giving virus intravenously it was found best to cool it to near the freezing 

 point. This causes in some cases a rise in body temperature and in others a 

 reduction. 



Analyses made of the urine of hogs during the course of innnunization by 

 the intravenous route indicated very little variation from the normal composi- 

 tion. In one instance albumin was noticed and indican was found in several 

 cases. 



Serum as a factor in inter-herd control of hog cholera in New York, It. II. 

 Birch {Rpt. X. Y. State Vet. Col, 1911-12, pi>. 131-139).— A brief discussion of 

 the serum and serum simultaneous method of treatment, the factors instru- 

 mental in spreading hog cholera in the State, especially the feeding of garbage, 

 and the desirability of permanent immunity in hogs. 



It is pointed out that " serum treatment is a valuable aid to sanitation, but 

 is not a substitute for it. Conditions in New York suggest that the sooner 

 active measures are taken to suppress hog cholera the cheaper and more 

 effective these measures will be." " Correct diagnosis is important. Especially 

 njust the disease be differentiated from food poisoning." 



Notes of the hog cholera conference at Purdue University, December 18, 

 1913, C. II. Clink (Indiana Sta. Clrc. //S {19ir)), pp. 27. fig. 1).—A detailed 

 account of the meeting, including the questions asked and the answers given. 



Report of veterinarian, C. A. Cary (Alabama Col. Sta. Rpt. 1914, PP- 17, 

 18).— In the work carried on during 1914, particular attention Avas given to the 

 kidney worm (Stei)}iannrus dentattis). It was found in the kidneys, kidney fat, 

 and lumbar muscles in every hog that was examined which had paraplegia. It 

 is stated that at present no remedy can be given that will eliminate these worms 

 from the aft'ecteti parts. 



New pig disease in Ireland, W. Frost ( U. S. Dept. Com., Com. Rpts., No. 

 19 (191~)), p. 333). — A disease of swine known locally as " purple fever" which 

 recently apiieared in ^Nliiyo and Sligo Counties, Ireland, is thought to be a form 

 of swiiie erysii)e]as. 



Canine medicine and surgery, C. G. Saunders (Chicago: Amcr. Jour. Vet. 

 Med., 1915, pp. 249, figs. 8). — A work intended mainly for the use of senior 

 students and practitioners of veterinary medicine. It presumes a knowledge 

 of pathology, histology, and anatomy, and aims to deal only with the clinical 

 aspect of the various diseases. The first part (pp. 7-170) deals with diseases; 

 the second part (pp. 180-242) with surgical operations. 



Infectious coryza of fowls, G. Vallili.o (Clin. Vet. [Milan], Rass. Pol. Sanit. 

 e Ig., 37 (1914), ^'0. 3, pp. 93-111, figs. 2; ahs. in Vet. Ree., 21 (1914), No. 1363, 

 pp. 121, 122). — This disease of fowls has prevailed for a number of years in 

 the Lago di Lecco district of Itsily. It takes the form of a catarrhal infection 

 of the upper air passages, and in consequence of its high mortality, especially 

 among the younger birds, causes considerable loss to poultry breeders. The 

 disease is said to be caused by a short ovoid bipolar bacillus which is often 

 united in chains of two or three together. To all appearances it is a variety 

 of Bacillus avisepticus. As a rule the disease ends with death after a duration 



