928 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Agglutination and serum diagnosis as applied to glanders, A. Kabieaux 



(.1////. S(,r. A<ji\ Sri. )'t Iiul. Li/on, 7. Kcr., 10 {1!)0..'), pp. 4'>-.'i:i). — A scries of experi- 

 ments was conducted by the author for the purpose of testiujr the Mjiiilicalnlit y of the 

 agglutination method in the diagnosis of glanders. 



The author states as the result of his investigations that this is essentially a labora- 

 tory method and consequently can not replace experimental methods customarily 

 employed under other practical conditions. Nevertheless, the method is considered 

 as valuable and as furnishing a means of testing the reliability of f)ther methods in 

 the diagnosis of glanders. If the serum which is to be examine<l is not pure, the 

 author claims that it is necessary to su]>ject the mixture of serum and the glanders 

 culture to a temperature sufficient to sterilize the senna in order to avoid the 

 multiplication of inpuiisms other than the glanders l>acil]us. 



Therapeutic observations on morbus maculosus, Perl {Berlin. TierdrzU. 

 Wchnschr., 1903, Xu. 41, pp. 638, 639). — Morbus maculosus treated with CoUargol 

 was not so readily controlled as when Ichthargan was administered. While CoUargol 

 caused a lowering of the temperature its other effects were unsatisfactory. Ichthar- 

 gan, however, caused a diminution of temperature and return of the normal appetite. 

 Potassium iodid exercised a pronounced effect in the resorption of the swellings 

 which occurred in the progress of this disease. 



The serum treatment in purpura hemorrhagica, J. H. McLeod {Jour. Camp. 

 Med. unci Vet. Arch., 24- {1903), No. 3, pp. 166, 167). — Brief notes are given on the 

 treatment of a few cases of this disease in horses. Tonics and stimulants were 

 administered and the animals were also treated with antistreptococcus serum in large 

 doses. Satisfactory results were obtained from this treatment. 



Botryomyeosis, Frohner {Monatsh. Prakt. Tier., 14 {1903), Ncj. 10, pp. 468- 

 472). — Notes are given on the occurrence of this disease in a number of cases. In 

 one the location of the disease was near the base of the tail, while in another case the 

 withers were affected in a manner similar to fistula. The disease was also observed 

 in a few cases in the region of the fetlock. 



Generalized botryomyeosis, F. TfRXAU {Ztsclir. Fleischu. Milchlqig., 13 {1903), 

 No. 10, pp. 317-319). — The symptoms and lesions of this disease are described. In 

 1 case the bronchial glands and kidneys were not affected, while the surface of the 

 lungs was covered with yellowish tubercles in large numbers. Similar tubercles 

 were found in the liver tissue. In general the lesions in the lungs and liver closely 

 resemble those in cases of tuberculosis. 



Animal parasites, A. A. Browx {Jour. DepA. Agr. Victoria, 2 {1903), Xos. 1, pp. 

 72-74; '^1 pp. 174-176). — Brief notes on the anatomical characters of parasitic round- 

 worms, with special accounts of lungworms in sheep and gapeworms in fowls. 



Diseases of fowls, J. Barclay {Imp. Depd. Agr. West Indies, Pamphlet No. 23, 

 1903, pp. 30-48) . — A l)rief account of enteric fever, roup, bronchitis, gapes, cramps, 

 and other common diseases of fowls. 



Investigation of fowrl plague, the new poultry disease, R. Ostertag and K. 

 WoLFFHtJcjEL (Monotsh. Prakt. Tier., 14 {1903), Xo. 2, p/p. 49-70, Jigs. 2). — The dis- 

 ease investigated by the authors occurred in a number of extensive outbreaks in 

 Brunswick and elsewhere and caused great loss among fowls. Inoculation experi- 

 ments showed that it is easy to transmit the disease from one hen to another, but 

 pigeons, mice, guinea pigs, and rabbits, and even ducks and swans, were apparently 

 resistant. The symptoms and post-mortem appearances of this disease are described 

 in great detail. No success was had in isolating the pathogenic micro-organism, but 

 it was found that the virus was destroyed by subjection to a temperature of 70° C. 

 As a rule the disease results in death within from 2 to 4 days. Notes are given on 

 the differential diagnosis of these and related poultry diseases. 



An epizootic of exudative typhoid in fowls, A. Mac;giora and G. L. Valenti 

 {Ztschr. Ili/g. a. InfectionskranJ:., 42 {1903), Xo. 2, pp. 185-243). — Notes are given on 



