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were still under treatiueuL and obsorvation. In the second herd each of 31 

 animals reacting to the agglutination test was given 1/2 oz. of methylene blue 

 on feed daily for 30 consecutive days and all calved normally. In the third herd 

 23 cows which reacte<l to the agglutination test received 10 gm. of methylene 

 blue on silage night and morning for 6 consecutive days and after 4 weeks' 

 interval the treatment was repeated, the methylene blue being given in gelatin 

 capsules. At the time of writing none of the 23 animals treated had aborted, 

 and 8 had calved normally at full term. In the fourth herd 9 animals, all but 

 one of which gave positive agglutination tests up to 1 to 50, were given ^ oz. 

 of methylene blue in gelatin capsules once a day for 6 days, followed by an 

 interval of 4 weeks, as in herd No. 3. At the time of writing 3 of the 9 cows 

 had calved at full term and no case of abortion had occurred in the herd since 

 the beginning of the treatment. 



Generalized mycosis in the bovine, P. Langrand (Hyg. Yiande et Lait, 7 

 {1913), xTo. .9, PI). 425-433, figs. 4; «&«• «» T'cf. Rec, 26 (1013), No. 1319, pp. 

 246, 247). — The author reports upon a case of this disease in a cow, including 

 post-mortem and microscopic findings. 



The keeping- quality of antihog- cholera serum, S. Barok (Allatorvosi 

 Lapok, 35 (1912), No. 48, pp. 569, 570; ahs. in Berlin. TieriirzU. Wchnschr., 

 29 (1913), No. 13, p. 241). — Hutyra's serum was obtained 1 year after manu- 

 facture. In the cases where it was used, it had not only protective power but 

 decided curative properties. Pigs having a temperature of 41.6° C, bloody 

 feces, vomiting, and nosebleed were cured by this serum. 



A disease (salmonellosis porcina) in pigs, J. Lignieres (Rev. Zootec. 4 

 (1913), No. 45, pp. 503-514). — In Argentina there is a disease prevalent among 

 pigs which resembles hog cholera somewhat, and attacks principally the 

 younger animals. It is characterized especially by the production of necrotic 

 lesions in the intestinal mucosa, in the vicinity of the ileocecal valve, and in 

 the large intestines. Caseation is also noted in the mesentery. It is supposed 

 to be caused by an ultra microscopic organism. 



Inoculation and cohabitation tests, with a discussion of the prophylaxis and 

 serum-therapy, are included. 



An enzootic among young pigs caused by a variety of the Streptococcus 

 pyogenes, Rievel (Deut. Tiemrztl. Wchnschr., 21 (1913), No. 12, p. 179; abs. in 

 Vet. Rec, 26 (1913), No. 1318, pp. 230, g5i).— Numerous cases of sickness, which 

 appeared among young pigs confined in exposed pens and resulted in a mor- 

 tality of 50 per cent, were found to be due to a variety of S. pyogenes. 



Injury to fetlock with purulent infection — autotherapy, J. MacDonald 

 {Amer. Vet. Rev., 43 (1913), No. 3, p. 300).— A description of a case in a coach- 

 ing horse from London, which was successfully treated by autotherapy. 



Fistulous withers, and synovitis of the coronary joint — autotherapy, R. S. 

 MacKeller (Amer. Vet. Rev., 43 (1913), No. 3, pp. 300. 301).— X description of 

 cases successfully treated by the method. 



Contribution to the knowledge of virus carriers of influenza of the horse, 

 A. M. Bergman (Ztschr. Infektionskrank. u. Hyg. Haustiere, 13 (1913), No. 

 3-4, pp. 161-174, figs. 4)- — ^The author reports having found an apparently 

 healthy stallion, 21 years old, which transmitted influenza to all of the mares 

 covered during the last 6^ years of his life. The incubation period of the dis- 

 ease in these mares was from 4 to 6 days. No other changes than the catarrh 

 of the mucous membrane of the seminal vesicles of this animal were detected. 

 Three horses injected subcutaneously with the contents of the seminal vesicles 

 became infected. This stallion is said to have always transmitted the typical 

 catarrhal and never the pectoral form. Three horses that were subcutaneously 

 injected with prostate secretion, the contents of the seminal vesicles, and of 



