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dint'ase. Tlie origin of tlie present infection in New England has not been definitely 

 determined. The disease has been observed in 75 towns in Massachusetts and 

 neighboring States, and the authorities have killed 1,848 cattle in order to check the 

 sjiread of the disease. In this work the Bureau of Animal Industry of this Depart- 

 ment and the board of cattle commissioners of Massachusetts have cooperated. Cat- 

 tle are slauglitered and buried in deep trenches after being sprinkled with lime or 

 other disinfectants, or in some instances have been burned. The indemnity paid 

 for animals thus killed is 70 per cent of the appraised value. 



Foot-and-moutli disease, C. W. Gay {lou-a Agr., 2 {1903), No. 7, pp. 170-173). — 

 Notes on u recent ontl)reak of this disease in New England, with a brief statistical 

 account of the animals slaughtered by this Department and the appraised valuations 

 and compensation paid for slaughtered animals. 



FoGt-and-moutli disease, N. S. Mayo {Indmtrlalut, 29 {1903), No. 25, pp. 397, 

 398). — Brief notes on the symptoms, pathological anatomy, and treatment of this 

 disease. 



The treatment of foot-and-mouth disease, F. Lieutaud {.Toiw. Agr. Frat., n. 

 set:, 5 {1003), No. 7, p. 218). — In the author's experience cauterization and other 

 antiseptic treatment of wounds and the use of protective serum Avere without results 

 in the treatment of this disease. 



Contagious pleuro-pneumonia of cattle, D. Hutcheon {Agr. Jour. Cape Good 

 Hope, 2^ {1903), No. 3, pji. 319-32 j). — The author recommends as the quickest and 

 shortest method of eradicating this disease that all animals which have been directly 

 exposed to infection should be slaughtered. It is suggested that in order to induce 

 the natives to consent to the slaughter of their cattle, they might be granted per- 

 mission to eat the meat after the internal organs had been removed and destroyed. 



Parturient paresis, F. W. van Dulm ( Tijdschr. Veeartsenijk. Maandblad, 30 {1902), 

 No. 3, pp. Ill, 112). — A test was made of the efficacy of the method of pumping air 

 into the udder in cases of this disease. Good success was had and it was found tliat 

 the greater the jiressure produced inside the udder the more rapid was the recovery. 



Treatment of parturient paresis with oxygen, KxtisEL {Schveiz. Arch. Ticrh., 

 44 {1902), No. 6, pp. 261-267). — In his veterinary practice the author had frequent 

 occasion to treat cases of this disease. The treatment adopted at first was the injec- 

 tion of potassium iodid. Under the most favorable circumstances, however, about 

 40 per cent of the cases died after receiving this treatment. Better results were 

 obtained from the use of air pumped into the udder under considerable pressure. 

 Forty cases were treated in this way with complete success in every case. In expla- 

 nation of the etiology of the disease the author suggests the possibility of ascribing 

 the disease to the action of a toxin formed l)y some micro-organism. It might then 

 appear that the free use of atmospheric air was luifavorable to the development of 

 these organisms, which are assumed to be anaerobic. 



Contagious mammitis of milch cows, E. Thierry' {Jour. Agr. I^rat., v. ser., 

 5 {1903), No. 10, p. 318). — Notes are given on an outbreak of this disease in a 

 dairy herd. The symiitoms and etiology of the disease are described and a short 

 account is presented of preventive and curative treatment. The curative treatment 

 recommended consists in intramannnary injections of a tepid solution of boric acid 

 in water. 



A peculiar disease of cattle, INI. .Strebel {Sdurek. Arch. Tierh., 44 {1902), Nos. 5, 

 pp. 231-238; 6, p. 293). — The author describes the symptoms which were observed 

 in a numl)er of outbreaks of disease among cows. The secretion of milk was greatly 

 diminished, the movements and general behavior of the animal were nearly normal 

 and the appetite was only slightly diminished. In one outbreak of the disease a 

 numljer of animals were affected and some of them were submitted to emergency 

 slaughter on account of their evidently impending death. It was discovered upon 

 investigating these cases that the affected cows had been fed upon clover which was 



