880 EXPERIMENT STATION KEOORD. 



• 'I'lii' scnini of liorscs rciictinjr with liiuiUus niallci in dilutions of ]:1,0(Xt 

 ami above indifatos a filaiulers iiifertitm whicli may be latent or active aeoord- 

 ing to the accompanyiuf: symittoms and reaction to niallein. 



" Horses KiviuK a reacti()n of 1 : 500 to 1 : 1,000 are to be suspecteil and should, 

 be testetl with niallein ; if no reaction occurs and the horse is apparently In 

 healthy condition, it may be considered free from yliuiders." 



In connection with the experiments reported the author reviews the work of 

 other investigators on the subject. 



Lamziekte on the Kaap Plateau, J. Si'kkijll (.l//r. Jaur. Cape (loud Hope, 

 82 {HIGH), Nu. 5, PI). ')SS~()00). — It is the author's opinion that the name 

 lamziekte given to this disease by farmers should stand, sanctioned as it is by 

 long usage in Cape Colony, although some writers have used the name pasteur- 

 ellosis and, according to the type of the disease, it has also been called by 

 several other names. The disease appears to be quite widespread in Cape 

 Colony, being most severe in the coastal districts of the East Provinces, and it 

 is the author's opinion that it must also occur in the Orange River Colony and 

 western Transvaal. 



The author has cultivated the organism on'^artiticial media and has found 

 it virulent on inoculation into healthy animals. It conforms in all respects 

 except in its active motility with Lignieres's description of the Pasteurella, a 

 cocco-bacillus. The disease appears in a number of forms of which the three 

 more common are the edematous or throat form, the thoracic form, and the 

 paralytic form. An account is given of these forms, of susceptibility, plurality 

 of attaclvS, post-mortem lesions, treatment, and prophylactic measures. Experi- 

 ments conducted, including drenching and the injection of body fluids and arti- 

 ficial cultures, are also reported. 



Report on swamp fever, J. K. Baklah {Ann. Rpt. Dcpt. Agr. Pror. Saskatche- 

 trun, 1901, pp. J23-2.^6, pi. 1). — Attempts to transmit swamp fever by injection 

 of blood, gland juice, or other fluid have been unsuccessful. In the cases ex- 

 amined the liver showed marked inflammatory changes leading in some cases 

 to death of the tissue and formation of new connective tissue. In a considerable 

 proportion of the cases examined special treatment of the tissue revealed 

 bodies in the liver cells which the author believes to be protozoa and probably 

 the specific cause of the disease. 



Equine piroplasmosis in Sardegna, A. Baruchello and A. Pricolo (.1/(h. 

 /.s^ lii. t<pvr. I'nir. Rmna. IS (li)OS), Xo. 2. pp. 307-313, pi. 1; abs. in Bui. Inst. 

 Paiitcur, 6 (1908), No. 11, p. 185). — This disease which has been known in 

 several provinces of Italy is here shown to occur on the Island of Sardinia. 

 Studies made of the i)arasites are presented accompanied by illustrations. 



Equine piroplasmosis, A. Pricolo {Mod. Zooiatro, 1907, pp. l.'i; abs. in BuL 

 Inst. Pasteur, 6 (1908), Xo. 11. p. 18.1). — A review of the literature on tjiis 

 disease. 



Contributions to the study of Filaria irritans, the filaria of summer sores 

 of horses, Faykt and Mokkau (Bui. Soc. Cent. Med. V^t., S.J (1908), Xo. IS, 

 pp. .'iG2, .'fli3). — The authors have made biological studies of this nematode. 

 Adults were recognized for the first time but sexes wei*e not distinguished. The 

 leucocytes of the affected horses were also studied. 



A case of Sarcosporidia in the horse, Moussu and Coquot (Bui. 8oc. Cent 

 MM. V^t., 85 (1908), Xo. 18. pp. JfJi5-Ji56, figs. 3). — An extensive report is given 

 of a case of this affection including an account of a post-mortem examination. 



A case of tuberculosis in a horse, .7. Andkrson (1(7. Ree., 21 (1908), Xo. 

 1055, pp. 183, 18.'i). — The history, symptoms, and result of a post-mortem exami- 

 nation of a case of generalized tuberculosis is reiwrted. The application of 



