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The etiolog'y of white scour in calves, C. Titze and A. Weichel (BcrUn. 

 Ticrarztl. \V<lnis(lir., n'OS, Ao. 2(), p/j. .'I'lJ, '/J.S; ahs. in Jour. Compar. Path, 

 and Tlici:, 21 {1008), No. 3, pp. 2Tt-21i3). — In corroboration of the work of Jen- 

 sen and others, tbe authors have found that feeding with small quantities of 

 cultures of A-arious kinds of bacilli produces a severe diarrhea in young calves 

 which often ends in death. In a spontaneous outbreak of white scour, in which 

 5 out of 20 calves died, the authors accidentally obtained from the intestinal 

 contents the so-called bacillus of bog cbolera. The same bacillus was also 

 found in tbe dung of healthy horses. In another enzootic of white scour in- 

 vestigated, Bacillus- cnteritiili.s appeared to be the cause of the diarrhea. 



In order to determine the relationsliiit that obtains between the individual 

 varieties of typhoid bacilli found in white scour and to determine whether >or 

 not the meat poisoning bacilli play an important part, the authors examined 200 

 different varieties of white-scour organisms which had been isolated during nu- 

 merous outbreaks of white scour occurring over almost the whole of Prussia. 

 These were named according to their morphological and biological properties 

 and their agglutinative effects. Of the organisms found, 151 specimens ap- 

 peared to be the common B. coli, 28 the paracolon bacillus of Jensen. 14 the 

 pseudocolon bacillus of Poels. 2 the B. protcus, and 1 the Bacterium acidi lactici, 

 while 4 varieties could not be determined because they arrived in an impure 

 state. 



The authors consider it possible that the cause of white scour and of pneu- 

 monia of calves is of the nature of an ultravisible virus. 



Diarrhea in calves, E. L. Vallejo ( Estac. Agr. Cent. [Mexico] Circ. 9, pp. 

 6'). — A general account of the disease. 



A new Indian tick, Ornithodoros lahoriensis, L. G. Neumann {Jour. Trap. 

 Vet. ISei., 3 {190S), Xo. .',. pp. .'iU2--'i61\ figs. .',). — This tick, taken upon sheep 

 in India and reported to transmit a disease of sheep, is here described as new. 

 According to the natives the tick appears to infest old sheepfolds. living in 

 cracks and crevices and attacking sheep in November and December and the 

 winter months. While the exact nature of the disease hns not yet been de- 

 t<'rniined it is said to be a pernicious anemia. 



Infectious mastitis of the goat, W. R. L. Best {Philippine Agr. Rev. [English 

 E(l.\. 1 il'JOS). .\(j. s. pp. 33o-337). — A general account of the sym[itoms and 

 n.ituic of this disi'.iso with proi>hyl:ictic measures and remedial treatment. 



Swine plague, W. Jowett {Jour. Compar. Path, and Thcr., 21 {190S), No. ^, 

 pp. 32 1-32 'i). — The author here records an observation in which swine plague 

 occurred unaccompanied bj' post-mortem lesions that resembled hog cholera. 

 It is said that while hog cholera was quite prevalent in Cape Colony in 1904 

 it has apparently Ixvn stiimpod out. rost-mortem findings are reported in detail. 



Cure of a stallion suffering from dourine by means of atoxyl at the 

 remount depot at Constantine, M. Monod {Bui. Soc. Cent. MC'd. Vel., 85 {WOS), 

 \o. 12, pp. 303-30!), cliiut I ; Jour. Trap. ]et. Sci., 3 {190S), Xo. .',, pp. .',56- 

 'i(>l\. — The author considers that i( would he imprudent to conclude from a 

 single case that atoxyl is a s|)ecitic against dourine. The action of the drug, 

 however, is said to have been well marked, though the usefulness of this stal- 

 lion :is a sire still remains to be determined. Given in pi'ogressive and inter- 

 mittent doses atoxyl is borne well by the horse. The dog is s;iid to be an uncer- 

 tain test iinimal in this disc-isc. 



The agglutination test as applied to the diagnosis of glanders, K. li. Col- 

 lins {Am. lipt. Dept. Health Citp of Xew York, I90i>, vol. 2, pp. (i93-10.',).— 

 This is a i)reliminary sunnnary of investigations conducted, from which it is con- 

 cluded that .it present the value of the test lies in its use as iui indicator for 

 the malleiu test. A later report has already been noted (E. S. R., 20, p. 879). 



