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volumes of the report of the commission which describe the woik in detail. 

 See also previous notes (E. S. R., 26, p. 884; 30, p. 283). • ^ T T? 



Monascus purpureas not a causative factor in forage poisoning, L. R. 

 jZZ^ZrUour. Compar. Patlu aM TUer., 28 (1915), No. 3, pp 185-190, 

 ?;n -Studies carried on by the author in connection with investigations pre- 

 vfous ly noted (E. S. R., 34, p. 681) have led to the following conclusions : ^ 



^M purpnreus grown under laboratory conditions had no etiological signifi- 

 cance "in this outbreak of forage poisoning, since feeding large quantities over 

 sufficient lengths of time did not produce the disease. We desire to present the 

 evidence of the foregoing experiments as suggestive of the nonpathogenicity of 

 M. purpureus when fed in large quantities and when the products of its metabol- 

 ism are injected intravenously. 



"M purpureus isolated from oats which had undoubtedly given rise to forage 

 poisoning in horses and mules did not produce soluble or extracellular toxins in 

 vitro on the cultural media employed, as shown by absence of clinical symptoms 

 in the experimental animals." ■ , 



Investigations on the intestinal flora of healthy oxen, A. Fischee (Centbl. 

 Bald, [ctc.^, 1. Abf., Orig., 77 {1915), No. 1, pp. 6-39, fig. i).— The intestinal flora 

 in mature animals, in calves from three to five months old, and in fasting calves 

 (from a few hours to several days old) were studied. The effect on the flora of 

 pasture feeding, winter feeding, and milk feeding was also studied. 



The cultural, morphological, and biochemical characteristics, together with 

 the pathogenicity, in some cases, of 38 organisms isolated are submitted. 

 A bibliography is appended. 



Contagious abortion in cattle in Bhodesia, L. E. W. Bevan {Jour. Compar. 

 rath, and Thcr., 28 {1915), No. 2, pp. 911-10j^).—A. report of investigations of 

 this disease which have been carried on in Rhodesia, where cases of abortion 

 in domestic stock have been reported from time to time during the past ten 

 years. 



Coccidiosis in cattle and carabaos in the Philippine Islands and its rela- 

 tion to rinderpest, C. H. Schultz {Jour. Amer. Vet. Med. Assoc, 48 {1916), No. 

 6, pp. 687-705). — Substantially noted from another source (E. S. R., 33, p. 482). 

 The distribution and abundance of the ox warbles, Hypoderma lineata and 

 H. bovis, in the United States, F. C. Bishopp {Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer., 8 {1915), 

 No. Jf, pp. 359-364, fig- 1)- — H- lineata is said to occur in every State in the 

 Union, although there is considerable difference in its abundance in different 

 sections. H. boris is rather widely distributed through the northern part of the 

 United States, the Northeastern States having by far the gi-eatest infestation, 

 and it predominates over H. lineata in both distribution and abundance. In the 

 western two-thirds of the country it Is found in rather restricted and well- 

 separated areas. A map is given which shows the distribution of both species 

 In the United States, based upon collections made during the course of the 

 investigation. 



The treatment of Johne's disease, J. ]\I'Fadtean, A. L. Sheathee, and J. T. 

 Edwakus {Jour. Compar. Path, and Tlier., 28 {1915), No. 3, pp. 196-216, figs. 

 D). — "In many cases of .lohne's disease treatment with ferrous sulphate is fol- 

 lowed by improvement, the diarrhea being checked and the loss of condition 

 nrre.sted. In tlie majority of such cases the improvement is not very great and 

 the di.sease soon r(>sumes its ordinary course. In some cases the treatment fails 

 to effect even a temporary improvement or to check the diarrhea and loss of 

 condition. In a minority of cases the treatment has surprisingly beneficial 

 result.s, suKt'fstlng even a complete cure, with disappearance of the diarrhea 

 and restoration of the animal from a state of emaciation to excellent condition. 

 Even iu the last class of cases a relapse which does not yield to a repetition 



