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nn'thod (if viuriiiution again.st the disease, and thecolleetiou and preservation of the 

 vacrine. Experiments were carried on for the jiurpo.se of testinj^ the vahie of serum 

 therapy in the treatment of the disease. The method was ajiplied to 10,000 animals 

 with excellent results. No death resulted in the vaccinated animals fi'om infection 

 with sheep pox, while only 2 per cent of the vaccinated sheep ilied of septicemia or 

 other complications. 



Verminous broncho-pneumonia of sheep, G. Saint-Hil.vire (5«/. J>ii'. Ayr. et 

 Com. [7'h(;/.s], S [1903), Xu. -^'J, pp. olO-oKi). — Two species of roiuidworms are con- 

 cernt'd in producing this disease in sheei^, \'v/., SlfuiKiijInx Ji/nrld and ,S'. ri(ft;srrtis. 

 These species are described and notes are given on the symptoms and patholog- 

 it'al anatomy of the disease. In treating infested animals tlie use of creosote, essence 

 of turpentine, or ])icrate of i)otash is recounnended, condjined with fumigation with 

 some irritating gas. As an intratracheal injection the author reconnnends a mix- 

 ture containing 1 part iodin and 5 parts odid of potash to 50 jiarts of water, the 

 whole to be mixed with equal parts of es.sence of turpentine. 



Notes on parasites of sheep, J. II. Stkwakt and II. Atwood ( ]\'rsl. VinjUiln Sht. 

 JIiil. 90, pp. 223-2S0, ph. ■>'). — A description is given of StroiK/i/lus coiitoiinx, the 

 common stomach worm of sheei), and notes are given on the life history of this 

 parasite, the disease symptoms which it causes in infested sheep, and the means of 

 cond)ating the pest. A description of the benzine and coal-tar creosote treatments 

 for this worm is quoted from this Department. The authors reconunend the use of 

 coal-tar creosote. Brief notes are also given on nodular <lisease of the intestines in 

 land)s. This disease broke out in a flock of 60 land)s jiurchased by the iStation, and 

 in the pirevention of the disease it is recommended that low wet lands be drained or 

 jtastured ))y cattle. 



Vaccination of hogs, rLATscnKic {Ikvl'ni. Tienlrzll. Wcluischr., 1903, No. 34, p- 

 .'}.!3). — This article is written in reply to a criticism made by Joseph that the use of 

 a cord drawn through the mouth of hogs in vaccination would lead to the further 

 spn^ad of the disease, since infectious material would naturally be found in the mouth 

 of diseased hogs. The author replies that all a^ijiaratus used in treating hogs is 

 lu'cessarily disinfected between each operation. 



Immunization from hog cholera, ( U. *b'. Dcpt. A</r., Bnrcdu of Anhiud Indnnlrij 

 a re. 43, ])]>. 3). — During innnunization experiments attenuated and virulent liquid or 

 dried blood, with or without the admixture of blood of innnune animals, has been 

 used. Animals thus treated have been tested by inoculation witii virulent blood or 

 by exposure to diseased animals. It has been found that innnunity toward hog 

 cholera does not necessarily imply innnunity to swine jjlague, and this suggests the 

 desirability of proving the character of the disease in all cases by careful autopsies. 



Vaccination for swine erysipelas in Wurttemberg in 1902 {Ilcrlni. TifrdrzU. 

 ]]'cliusrlir., 1903, No. 31, p}>. 4'Sl, -/6V) . — ( )nt of 27,S11 hogs which were vaccinated 

 for this disease, all except 5 were vaccinated with small dcjses for protective purposes, 

 while the other 5 were treated with curative doses. No loss due to vaccination 

 occurred. The total quantity of serum used was 147, 2bS liters obtained from oliicial 

 sources and 6,460 liters from private sources. 



Necrotic inflammation of the mouth in small pigs, L. J. LAuurrsEN (J/r/o- 

 iiiiU^Lr. Dijrhviji'r, 15 [1903), No. 4, pp. 121, 122). — A nundjcr of cases of this disease 

 in young pigs were observed by the author and the etiology appeared to be some- 

 what uncertain. The cases readily yielded to the author's treatment, which con- 

 sisted in scraping the necrotic; areas and ajjplying antiseptic and astringent washes. 



Trichinae and trichina inspection in Denmark, St. Funs {MacoialsHkr. Dyr- 

 Inyrr, lo (1903), No. 4, pp. 97-115). — Notes are given on the system of inspection for 

 trichina in Denmark, together with statistical data regarding the freipiency of 

 occurrence of this worm. A discussion followed the presentation of tiie jiaper, 

 during which the desirability of conqiulsory inspection for trichina was urgt'd. 



