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Sheep scab {Bd. A<jv. \_Londun^, Leaflet 61, pp. 6,figt<. ,1). — A brief account of the 

 symptoni.s, cause, and treatment of sheep scab. Notes are given on the Hfe history 

 of the scab mite and on certain preventive measures. 



Sheep yards and dips {Agr. Jour. Cape Good Hope, ^.:! {iyo.i), No. "2, pp. 157- 

 159, pi. 1). — Brief notes on a convenient arrangement and construction of sheep 

 yards antl dipping vats for use in treatment of sheep scab. 



A preliminary report on the fringed tape^worm of sheep ( Thysanosoma 

 fimbriata), E. L. ]MooRr: {South Dakota. Sta. But. 78, pp. S, fig. i).— This worm is 

 said to be generally distriliuted throughout the State. It was first observed in sheep 

 upon the college farm. The largest number found in a single animal was 75, and 

 the greatest mortality recorded in a given flock 25 per cent. Brief notes are given 

 on the symptoms of the disease caused by infestation with this worm. The sheep 

 appear to be unthrifty and gradually lose flesh; soft swellings appear under the 

 throat. In preventing infestation with this worm it is recommended that a system 

 of rotation of pastures be adopted and that water should be supplied in tanks raised 

 above the ground so that it can not become contaminated. In treating the disease 

 the best results were obtained from the use of Hntcheson's method with copper sul- 

 phate. Detailed directions are given for administering this remedy. 



Maggots in sheep, O. T. Brown {.Tour. Roy. Agr. Soc. England, 6-:^ {1902), pp. 

 410-420). — Brief notes on the habits and life history of this insect. In order to pre- 

 vent its attacks the author recommends the use of fine nettings on the windows of 

 sheep houses and spraying sheep with some fluid possessing an objectional)le odor. 



The new method of treatment and prophylaxis of s-wine erysipelas, A. 

 Gregoire {V Ing. Agr. Gemblou.r, 13 {1903), No. 6, pp. 255-259). — A brief account 

 is given of the advantages and disadvantages of the Pasteur method of treatment in 

 outbreaks of this disease. The chief disadvantage of this method in the author's 

 opinion consists in the fact that it is merely preventive and has no curative effect. 

 The recent method devised by Leclainche, who succeeded in producing a serum with 

 both preventive and curative jiroperties, is considered of much greater importance in 

 veterinary practice. 



The time reqtdred for the penetration of the bacilli of s-wine erysipelas 

 and fowl cholera into the internal organs of mice after a hypodermic inocu- 

 lation, T. TiEDE {Ztschr. Thiermed., 7 {1903), No. 1, pp. .#i-67).— The author critic- 

 ally reviews the work of other investigators who have attempted to determine this 

 point with regard to anthrax, glanders, sheep pox, malignant edema, and other dis- 

 eases. During the author's experiments it was found that in mice the organism of 

 swine erysipelas could be found sparingly in the spleen and liver 15 hours after hypo- 

 dermic injection; sparingly in the liver and lungs and quite abundantly in the spleen 

 within 24 hours; and in large quantities in all organs within 48 hours. The bacillus 

 of fowl cholera was found in mice after hypodermic inoculation within 15 minutes 

 in the spleen, liver, lungs, and heart, and within 45 minutes in all organs, while 

 after 1 to 3 hours the organisms were less abundant and of less uniform distribution; 

 after 4 hours they were again found in large immbers, from which time until the 

 death of the animal the numbers gradually increased. 



Statistical notes on sarcosporidia, A. ]M. Bergmanx {Zti^Hir. Thiermed., 6 

 (190;?), No. .'>-(], pp. 462-46S). — During the performance of trichina inspection the 

 author examined the carcasses of 27,751 hogs from the southern part of Sweden, 

 with the result that 30.62 per cent were found infested with sarcosporidia, while in 

 the northern parts of Sweden 27.59 per cent were found infested among 46,610 hogs. 

 The sarcosporidia were distributed quite unequally, certain muscles being most 

 extensively infested. The chief seat of the sarcosporidia was the lumbar portion of 

 the diaphragm. 



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