478 EXPEKIMENT STATION EECOED. 



Stuttgart, 1912, pp. 61; rev. in Dent. Sclilacht u. Viehhof Ztg., 12 {1912), No. 

 19, pp. 287, 288). — The milks from newly lactatlng animals nearly always 

 contain oxidase and peroxidase. Both were present 30 hours after calving, the 

 initial milk possessing the greatest activity and varying very much amongst the 

 individual animals. Reductase (Schardinger's enzym) was found only in 

 traces in the colostrum, but in the residual milk or strippings it was greater 

 than in the initial milk. The catalytic activity was greatest in the milk of 

 newly lactating animals, but the initial milk was less active than the strippings. 

 In the first 8 or 10 hours after sampling it was found that the catalytic activity 

 becomes slightly less, only to rise again to a greater point than was originally 

 present, due to bacterial contamination. The diastatic power of the milk of 

 freshly lactating animals was also found to be increased, but after the first 

 week it goes down to what may be considered a normal point. 



Anaplasms or Jolly bodies? A contribution to the knowledge of certain 

 intracorpuscular bodies present in the blood of some species of mammals, 

 &'. DoDD (Jour. Compar. Path, and Ther., 26 {19 IS), No. 2, pp. 91-110, figs. 6).— 

 " The evidence at present appears to be greatly in favor of the view that the 

 chromatin bodies observed in the erythrocytes of marsupials, lemurs, mouse 

 deer. Capuchin monkey, and orang-outang at least are not protozoa, and there- 

 fore can not be classified with the anaplasms, but that they are more probably 

 identical with the bodies of Jolly." 



Photomicrographs of spirochetse, entamebae, plasmodia, trypanosomes, 

 Leishmania, Negri bodies, and parasitic helminths {War Dept. [U. 8.], Off 

 8u7-g. Gen. Bui. 1, 1913, pp. //6, pis. 17). — This work, intended for use in the 

 study and identification of parasites, describes the methods used in the prepara- 

 tion of the specimens illustrated. 



Encephalic embolic strongylosis or encranlal strongylogenic embolism, 

 J. Law (Vet. Jour., 69 {1913), No. 1,57, pp. 301-308).— A discussion of the paper 

 previously noted (E. S. R., 28, p. 887). 



Studies of the bacillus of Schmorl. — III, Experiments on the rabbit, E. 

 CfiSAEi (Ann. Inst. Pasteur, 27 {1913). No. 3, pp. 230-245).— This third memoir 

 (E. S. R., 28, p. 676) deals with subcutaneous, intravenous, and intraperito- 

 neal injections of the necrosis bacillus. 



Clarifying' open questions with reference to anthrax and combating the 

 same, W. Burow {Ztschr. Infektionskrank. u. Hyg. Haustiere, 11 {1912), Nos. 1, 

 pp. 15-1,2, figs. 3; 2, pp. 97-124; 3-4, pp. 226-254; abs. in Berlin. Tierdrztl. 

 Wchnschr., 29 {1913) No. 13, pp. 239, 240).— The reason that anthrax occurs 

 most frequently among domesticated animals during the warmer seasons is 

 because the Bacillus anthracis, when present in the soil at this time, can de- 

 velop under more favorable conditions. The various forms of the disease, 

 namely, peracuto, acute, and subacute, are due pi-incipally to the diffei'ences in 

 susceptibility and the spontaneous immunity which some of the animals have 

 attained. The disease is more frequent and more severe in sheep than in horses 

 and bo vines. 



Fattened and other obese animals succumb to the infection much easier be- 

 cause they are comparatively anemic and are less active. Grade animals are 

 less susceptible than pure bred, and draft oxen are more susceptible than 

 nonworking animals. This last point must be taken into consideration when 

 the animals receive protective vaccination in order to avoid losses resulting 

 from vaccination. 



The milk from vaccinated animals can be used for human consumption. The 

 cause of death with animals affected with anthrax is an inhibition of the oxi- 

 dizing function of the tissue cells. 



