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summary of information relating to the nature of Texas fever and the practical 

 means of its eradication. 



The Bubject-matter includes a definition of the disease; notes on its history and 

 distribution; etiology; life history of the cattle tick and it- agency in distributing 

 Texas fever; means of distinguishing between this tick and other species of ticks; 

 the loss caused by ticks aside from their agency in carrying Texas fever; symptoms, 

 course, and termination of Texas fever; and treatmenl and prevention of the disease. 

 Definite and practicable plans are presented for the arrangement of farms bo thai 

 cattle may be freed from ticks and the ticks ultimately eradicated by the system of 

 feed l"ts and pasture rotation. The method of immunization by means of the blood 

 of recovered cattle is also described. 



Vaccination against foot-and-mouth disease, X. I.. Buonsanti (Clin. Vet. 

 [Milan], 29 (1906), No. 6, pp. // Numerous experiments bave been carried 



out in vaccinating cattle againsl foot-and-mouth disease by means of a mixture of 

 0.03 cc. of virulent lymph and 0.5 cc. of bovine serum. For vaccinating hoj 

 slice], the author lias osed a concentrated serum from a horse previously inoculated 

 with the virus. The results thus tar obtained are promising. 



The treatment of epizootic abortion, I'.. Thierry (Jour. Agr. Prat., n. ser., 11 



(1906), No. 7, pp. BOS, 209 I. — A number of investigators have found that g 1 results 



may be obtained from the use of antiseptic solutions, such as the use of corrosive 

 sublimate, 1 : 1,000 parts in water, and a solution of iodin and iodid of potash. An 

 internal prophylactic treatment, with doses of 5 to 6 dram- of iodid of potash, has 

 also given satisfactory results. 



The poisoning of cattle by tobacco decoction, V. Peu< b (Jour. Med. VH ft 

 TjQotech., 57 (1906), Feb., pp. 78, 79). — Two heifers which had become greatly infested 

 with fleas were treated by the owner with tobacco decoction as obtained from the 

 manufacturer and diluted with an equal amount of water. Within a few hours serious 

 symptoms of poisoning occurred, the animals being unable to rise and in a state »f 

 extreme coma. Considerable irritation of the skin was also produced. Recovery 

 took place on the following day. 



Attention is called by the author to the fact that tobacco decoction, diluted with 

 10 parts of water, is effective in such cases and ordinarily does not produce poison- 



OUS effects. 



Vaccination for hog cholera, 1.. Brusasco (Grior. /.'. >'<«•.. ed Accad. Vet. Ital., 



55 (1906), No. '<', /v. 128-125). — References are made to Bome of the re important 



publications on this Bubject and a table is given showing the results of vaccination 

 againsl hog cholera during 1905. From this table it appears that the percentage of 

 mortality in nonvaccinated hogs was 79.6, while in vaccinated animals it was 17. 1. 



Combating swine plague, Foth (Berlin. Tierarztl. Wchnschr., 1906, X". ?. />}>. 

 115-128). — From the standpoint of the veterinary police, swine plague includes bog 

 cholera as well as .-wine plague proper. 



Although these diseases frequently occur simultaneously in the same animal, the 

 official veterinary police must depend largely upon the clinical symptoms and the 

 infectiousness ..f the disease in reaching a diagnosis. The persistent Bpread of swine 

 plague is attributed to its already wide distribution, the chronic course of many cases, 

 the aversion to strict quarantine, traffic in live pigs, too early period of weaning pigs, 

 neglect of hygienic precautions, and the extensive use of improved breeds, some of 

 which are less resistant than grade hogs. 



Antidotes for poisoning by Gastrolobium calycinum, K. \. Mw\ 

 DepL Agr. West. Aust., 18 I 1906), No. /. pp. 50, 51 (.—Feeding experiments were car- 

 ried out with this plan! in the case of sheep in order to test various antidotes lor the 

 alkaloid poison in the plant. Permanganate of potash in acidulated water appeared 

 to have no influence in checking the poisonous effects. Negative results were also 



