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A number of sharply defined papules were observed on the hard gums and mucous 

 membrane of the cheeks. These areas were somewhat larger than lentils. In some 

 cases similar areas were observed on the underside of the tongue 1 to 1 \ cm. in 

 diameter. When material was taken from such areas and used in the inoculation of 

 calves, a reddening and swelling at the point of inoculation wen- observed within 2 

 to 4 days and papules appeared after 13 days. The disease is therefore infectious, 

 [n further experiments it was found that the defibrinated blood is virulent but not 

 the blood serum. By placing health} animals in contact with diseased ones it was 

 found that the disease is transmitted spontaneously. Apparently the micro-organ- 

 ism is filterable and ultramicroscopic. 



The disease in question can not be identical \\ ith sporadic aphtha or Foot-and-mouth 

 disease since no vesicles appear at any time and the disease is confined entirely to 

 the mouth cavity. The skin and hoofs appear never to be affected. 



Abortion in cattle, \V. Robertson- I Agr. Jour. Cape <•'<»></ Hope, .'', I 1906 . No. 5, 

 pp. 624-628) • — The causes of noncontagious and contagious abortion are briefly out- 

 lined and notes are given on the treatment of the latter form of the disease. In this 

 disease the only effective treatment is preventive arid aim- at the eradication of the 

 organism which causes the disease. The fetus and fetal membranes should be 

 burned and all parts of the cow liable t< contamination should be treated with a 

 solution of corrosive sublimate <>r some other antiseptic. 



Report of the Swiss Veterinary Society on granular contagious vaginitis, 

 E. Hess [Landw. Jahrb. Schweiz, 19 I 1905), No. 6, pp. 888-445)-— A special commis- 

 sion was organized among the Swiss veterinarians to make a study of contagious 

 vaginitis of cattle in all its relations. 



This committee undertook the collection of statistics which indicate the distribu- 

 tion of the disease in Switzerland, the percentage of cattle affected, the seriousness 

 of symptoms, the means of dissemination of the disease, and its treatment. In some 

 localities from 40 to tit) percent of cattle were affected. Antiseptic treatment in 

 the way of general washes is recommended by nearly all of the veterinarians on the 

 committee as the most successful means of controlling this disease. Among the 

 remedies thus applied mention should he made of carbolic acid, creolin, lysol, 

 ichthyol, boric acid, silver nitrate, bichlorid of mercury, copper sulphate, acetate of 

 lead, Bacillol, etc. 



The periodical disinfection of the premises where the disease has occurred or may 

 be expected to occur is recommended asjan effective measure in preventing the spread 

 of the plague. It is recommended that contagious vaginitis be included among the 

 diseases of which notification must he given and that infected animals should not he 

 used for breeding purposes. 



A bacilliform piroplasmosis of cattle, and an intestinal coccidiosis in 

 Tunis, E. Ddcloux I />'"/. Dir. A>jr. et Com. [Tunis'], 9 i 1905), No. 97, pp. 578- 

 A bacillar parasite was observed among cattle in a large number of cases of piroplas- 

 mosis in certain localities in Tunis. Autopsies made on a number of cases showed that 

 certain parasitic worms especially Strongylus contortus and Bunostomum phlebotomum, 

 were present. The action of the parasitic worms appeared to cause hemorrhagic 

 injuries in the intestinal walls, and the author suggests that their presence may 

 render infection with piroplasmosis more easy and more frequent than it otherwise 

 would be. 



The study of the causes of intestinal coccidiosis in Tunis showed that in the 

 intestines there were numerous lesions containing masses of fibrin, coagulated blood, 

 and a species of Coccidium in enormous numbers. This organism is described, and 

 notes are given on its different developmental forms. 



Experiments with Jensen's polyvalent serum for infectious diarrhea of 

 calves, J. Jansso.v (Svensk Vet. IMsbr., 10 {1905), No. 18, pp. (86, 487).— Jensen's 



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