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notification of suspected cases of the disease, veterinary inquiry to establisli 

 tlie existence of disease on any particular premises, and temporary isolation 

 and restriction of the movements of any cow that has recently aborted. Fol- 

 lowing the application of these recommendations, the committee considers it 

 desirable that measures should be taken to avert the possible introduction 

 of infection in cows imported into Great Britain from Ireland, the Channel 

 Islands, or the Isle of Man. 



Contagious abortion, K. W. Stouder (Kansas Hta. Circ. l), pp. 3). — A brief 

 popular account. 



Abortion in cattle, R. H. Johnson (Amer. Vet. Rev., 37 {1910), No. 5, pp. 

 630-637). — A general discussion of the subject. 



The sterility of cows, its causes and treatment, J. Albrechtsen (La 

 8t6rilit6 des Vaches, ses Causes et son Traitement. Berlin, 1910, pp. 96, figs. 

 21; rev. in Rec. Med. V6t., 87 {1910), No. 7, p. 269).— An account based upon 

 investigations conducted by the author in Denmark. 



Granular venereal disease of cattle — infectious vaginal catarrh. — infectious 

 vaginitis, A. I. Sorensen (Amer. Vet. Rev., 37 {1910), No. 5, pp. 6// 6-64 9). —The 

 author reports the occurrence of this affection in a large dairy community in 

 California. 



Infectious vaginitis in cattle, A. S. Alexander {Hoard's Dairyman, Ifl 

 (1910), No. 35, pp. 1022, 1023).— The author states that he has seen one bad 

 generalized outbreak of the affection in a Wisconsin herd that had been given 

 above average care and that there is no doubt but that the ailment is prevalent 

 in many herds in Wisconsin and neighboring States. 



The curative treatment of blackleg with, pyocyanase, L, Fortineau ( Compt. 

 Rend. Acad. 8ci. [Paris], 150 (1910), No. 22, itp. 145^-U56; abs. in Chem. 

 ZcntU., 1910, II, No. 7, pp. 489, 490).— Mixed cultures of Bacillus carbonis 

 and B. pyocyaneus possess a diminished virulence. The toxins of the various 

 strains of B. pyocyaneus were found to have a beneficial influence on rabbits 

 and guinea pigs having experimentally-produced symptomatic anthrax, pro- 

 vided the injections were made 24 hours after the infection with B. carbonis. 

 On the other hand, the curative effect of pyocyanase with animals infected 

 with the blood or bacteria taken directly from infected animals is not marked. 

 If pyocyanase is injected 2 days after injecting B. carbonis the course of 

 the disease is not checked. Animals treated with pyocyanase at the proper 

 time retained their I'esistance toward symptomatic anthrax for several months. 



In regard to vaccination against blackleg by O. Thomas' method, R. Hus- 

 soN (Abs. in Berlin. Tierdrztl. Wchnschr., 26 (1910), No. 37, pp. 729, 730).— 

 This is a report of the Haute-Marne Veterinary Society on the Thomas method, 

 which consists of inserting a silk thread impregnated with symptomatic an- 

 thrax spores of known virulence under the skin at the lower third of the tail of 

 the animal with the aid of a vaccinating needle. The observations tend to 

 show that the same immunity which is obtained with fluid vaccines can be 

 gotten with this method. The results obtained during a period of 25 years 

 are regarded as favorable. 



Observations in regard to the occurrence of epizootic panaritium of cattle, 

 John (Arch. Wiss. u. Prakt. Tierheilk., 36 (1910), No. 1, pp. 97-119; abs. in 

 Berlin. Tierdrztl. Wchnschr., 26 (1910), No. 35, pp. 686, 687 ) .—Feeding beet 

 tops and chips, distillery slops, etc., to cattle seems to predispose them to a 

 necrotic infection of the hoof. The supposition is that an anemia is induced 

 in the Klauenlederhaut of the hoof and that this, in conjunction with long stand- 

 ing in stalls with uneven stone floors, pasturing, or pregnancy, causes a separa- 

 tion of the horny part of the hoof from its Klauenhaut in the interdigital space. 

 Certain kinds of straw (lupine, barley, and bean) are also predisposing factors 



