82 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



the Territory of Hawaii (Honolulu: Bd. Agr. and Forestry 1910, pp. 11; HatcaU, 

 Forester and Agr., 7 {1910), No. 2, pp. 58-65 ) .—These rules aud regulations, 

 approved by tlie governor December 31, 1909, became effective January 1, 1910. 



Light and ventilation, D. H. Udall (Amer. Vet. Rev., 36 (1910), No. 5, pp. 

 589-595).— A paper presented at the annual meeting of the New York State 

 Veterinary Medical Society, at Ithaca, August, 1909. 



The practical utilization of the anaphylaxis reaction, K. Scheen (Arch. 

 Wiss. u. Prakt. Tierheilk., 36 (1910), Sup., pp. 590-610).— The author finds the 

 anaphylactic test of value for detecting mastitis by the aid of the mammary 

 secretion, poisonous or foreign seeds in feeding stuffs, and rye bran and peanut 

 meal. Neither passive nor active anaphylaxis was of any value in detecting 

 tuberculosis or glanders. 



The relationship between scarlet fever, diphtheria, and sore throat of 

 man, and diseases of the udder and teats of cows, A. Gofton (Vet. Jour., 66 

 (1910), No. 42 Ji, pp. 568-586). — A brief discussion, in which the literature is 

 reviewed. 



An epidemic of Malta fever in the Department of Gard, P. Atjbebt, P. Can- 

 TAI.0UBE and E. Thibault (Ann. Inst. Pasteur, 24 (1910), No. 5, pp. 376-394, pi. 

 1). — ^A contribution to the epidemiology of Malta fever in France. 



Report on experiments undertaken to discover whether the common 

 domesticated animals of Terceira Island are affected by plague, A. de Souza, 

 Jr., J. Arruda and M. Pinto (Jour. Hyg. [Cambridge], 10 (1910), No. 2, pp. 

 196-208). — In the experiments reported, calves, pigs, and dogs were found to 

 be refractory to the plague. 



" The experiments made on rabbits led us to conclude that this animal is, on 

 Terceira Island, very susceptible to plague. . . . According to these experiments 

 the ferret is an animal susceptible to plague, but only able to contract an acute 

 form of this disease by inoculation of large doses. However, as the ferret sucks 

 the blood of the rats its use in hunting these animals is not recommended. The 

 experiments corroborate those of the Austrian commission that eats can be 

 infected by plague per os, after which they show autopsy appearance very 

 similar to those of cats spontaneously infected by plague with buboes in the 

 neck. 



" The general conclusion which is drawn from the experiments on 4 kinds of 

 birds, namely, pigeons, ducks, turkeys, and chickens, especially in regard to the 

 latter, is that these animals are insusceptible to plague." 



Investigations of recurrent fever and the method of its transmission in 

 an Algerian epidemic, E. Sergent and H. Foley (Ann. Inst. Pasteur, 24 (1910), 

 No. 5, pp. 337-373, fig. 11). — Exiieriments indicate that Pedictilus vestimenti may 

 transmit the infection. 



Anaplasma marginale n. g. and n. sp., a protozoan parasite of cattle, 

 A. Theiler (Bui. 8oc. Path. Exot., 3' (1910), No. 3, pp. 135-137) .—The forms 

 observed by various writers in the blood of cases of bovine piroplasmosis asso- 

 ciated with the piroplasmata and previously described by the author as " mar- 

 ginal points" (E. S. R., 22, p. 487) are now considered a protozoan species and 

 to represent a new genus. 



Anaplasma marginale, A. Theiler (Ann. Transvaal Mu-s., 2 (1910), No. 2, 

 pp. 53-55). — ^This paper presents evidence to show that the so-called marginal 

 points represent a distinct genus and species, A. marginale (see above). 



The incubation i^eriod, when transmitted by ticks, is much longer than that 

 following the injection of infectious blood, the experiments showing the period 

 to vary from 55 to 75 days. The author considers anaplasmosis to be, in all 

 probability, the disease which has hitherto been known as gall sickness. This 



