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nigricans have been found abundantly on the corn only in localities which lose 

 horses from staggers. Corn containing any molds should be thoroughly cleaned 

 or ' floated ' before feeding. Mixing corn with bran and oats seems to lessen 

 the danger. Treatment to be effective must be begun early." 



The complement binding' reaction in equine pneumonia, W. Pfeilek (Arch. 

 Wiss. u. Prakt. Tierheilk., 36 (1910), Sup., pp. J^23-J,3o). — The author was able 

 to prepare, by a method which is descril)ed, an antigen which was capable of 

 stimulating the production of complement-deviating substances in the animal 

 body. A serum was produced which was capable of producing a deviation of 

 complement for the Diplo-streptococcus plcuro-pneumoniw of Shiitz. 



Summer sores of horses. — Their treatment, V. Drouin {Rev. Gen. Med. 

 V6t., 15 {1910). No. i77, i)p. -',97-510; abs. in Vet. Rec, 23 {1910), No. 1159, pp. 

 183, 184). — The author thinks it probable that the nematodes which cause this 

 affection {Filaria irritans) gain access to the skin by local inoculation, in which 

 insects may play a part. The numerous forms of treatment which have been 

 attempted jire discussed. Of these the author places most confidence in excision 

 of the diseased tissue. 



Treatment of umbilical hernia in horses, M. Casper {Arch. Wiss. u. Prakt. 

 Tierheilk., 36 {1910), Sup., pp. 19-36). — Hernia umbilicalis is either inherited 

 or acquired. The methods of treatment are divided into 2 stages, (1) the re- 

 duction of the hernia and its replacement by taxis; and (2) the retenton of the 

 hernia in the abdominal cavity. 



The actual treatment consists of either (a) the so-called palliative or non- 

 radical operative methods, or (b) the radical operative methods. The first of 

 these includes the application of a binder, the use of sinapisms, etc., or caustics 

 the subcutaneous injection of sodium chlorid solution, the use of a truss, stitch- 

 ing up the orifice, and clamping. The second includes the various forms of 

 radical operative measures. 



Bone sequestrum in the forearm of a foal, Kitt {Arch. Wiss. u. Prakt. 

 Tierheilk., 36 {1910), Sup., pp. 177-182, figs. 3). — A description of an unusual 

 case of traumatic necrosis of the diaphysis of the left forearm of a foal, in 

 which a new bone was formed which sequestrated and enveloped the old radius. 

 Abstracts of work done in the laboratory of veterinary physiology (JV. Y. 

 State Vet. Col. [Puh.^ No. 7, pp. 36, pi. 1). — This paper contains articles on 

 Canine Tetanus, A Fly-Blown and Distempered Dog, and A Case of Auto- 

 Enterectomy in the Bitch, by P. A. Fish; The Diastases in the Saliva of the 

 Dog and Cat, by C. E. Hayden ; and Blood Examination of Dermatoses in Dogs, 

 by H. Welch. 



A preliminary report of the bacterial findings in canine distemper, N. S. 

 Ferry {Amer. Vet. Rev., 37 {1910), No. -), pp. //99-.504 ) .—During the course of 

 an investigation of this infection in which nearly 300 dogs suffering from an 

 acute infection were studied and given post-mortem examination, the author 

 was able to isolate an apparently new organism, the characteristics of which 

 are here reported. He states that the disease was experimentally produced by 

 artificial inoculation, and that with this organism a vaccine has been made 

 which has given favorable results. 



'■ Taking the disease in the early stages, I was able in almost every case to 

 isolate the organism uncontaminated from the smaller bronchi, and often the 

 trachea. Later in the disease, I could often isolate the organism from the 

 smaller bronchi in pure culture, but from larger bronchi and trachea I would 

 almost invariably get a contamination with one or more of the pus organisms. 

 In the last stages the secondary or terminal infections would extend to the 

 lungs, when it would then be more difficult and at times impossible to isolate the 

 germs. 



