892 EXPERIMENT STATION RECOED. 



Report of the veterinary service and meat inspection in Norway for the 

 year 1898 {pp.126). — This report contains a general account of the work of the 

 veterinary department, together with special accounts of anthrax, catarrhal fever, 

 blackleg, hog cholera, swine plague, tuberculosis, milk fever, and other diseases. 

 The regulations for meat inspection in different cities are also given, together with 

 notes on the frequency of various diseases found during such inspection. 



The diseases of cattle, D. Moxfallet {Bol. Soc. Nac. Agr. [Lima], 5. ser., 

 1900, Xo. l,l)p. 35-53). — The author gives a general account of the various forms, 

 etiological symptoms and treatment of pneumonia and pleurisy in cattle.- 



Actinomycosis in cattle, C. J. Reakes ( Veterhiarian, 73 {1900), No. 871, pp. 

 357-359). — The author presents an account of an unusual outbreak of actinomycosis 

 in Ellsniere. 



Anthrax, Kissuth {Berlin. Tiemrztl. Wchmchr., 1900, No 46, p. 543). — Among 60 

 head of cattle, which were shipped to Gurhau from eastern Prussia, 4 developed 

 acute cases of anthrax within a few hours after being turned out to pasture, and 3 

 died. The author believes that anthrax spores were taken on the food, and that the 

 action was more rapid and more severe on account of the empty condition of the 

 digestive tract. 



A variety of anthrax bacillus with short forms and without spores, C. Phi- 

 SALix {(''oinjit. Rt'iuJ. Acad. Sri. I'arix, 131 {1900), No. 7, pj>. 4./4-4J7). — A number of 

 forms of this organism have already Ijeen noted and have received different names. 

 These different forms are found under different conditions or in the blood of different 

 animals. In the dog the anthrax bacillus undergoes important modifications, the 

 first of which are changes in its functions and virulence. The bacillus multiplies 

 rapidh' by budding and the formation of short rods similar to micrococcus. The 

 name Pacillusi antliracis hrevigemmnnsi is proposed for this form. 



Agglutination of the tubercle bacillus by tuberculous serums, P. Courmoxt 

 ( Compt. Rend. Soc. Biol. Paris, 52 {1900), No. 36, pp. 1000-1002) .—The author obtained 

 positive results in experimental tests of such serums from man and animals, and 

 believes that this method constitutes a rapid and certain procedure for diagnosing 

 tuberculosis. Experiments with nontuberculous discharges of diphtheritic or septi- 

 cfemic nature gave negative results. 



An experiment in the transmission of tuberculosis, E. Perroxxito ( Gior. R. 

 Soc. Accad. Vet. ItaL, 49 {1900), No. 45, pp. 1057, 1058).— The author fed 2 pigs with 

 milk to which had been added fresh tuljerculous material of bovine origin. General- 

 ized cases of tuberculosis were developed in both experimental animals. 



Tuberculosis in New Zealand, J. A. Gilruth ( Veterinarian, 73 {1900), No. 870, 

 pp. 359-370) . — Notes on 1,500 tuberculin tests, chiefly in dairy cows. The author 

 discusses general infection, the means by which the disease is spread, the method of 

 extermination, and regulations for controlling the prevalence of the disease. The 

 author believes that tuljerculin has no I'urative action upon tuberculosis. 



Tuberculosis in pheasants in "Wangamui, S. H. Drew {Tranii. and Proc. New 

 Zealand Inst., 32 {1899), jjp. 54-56). — The Wellington Acclimatization Society 

 imi)orted a number of Phasianus reevesii. The birds were inclosed for a time after 

 arrival in a pen near a museum. After some time one of the birds died, and on 

 making a post-mortem examination it was found that various vital organs were 

 badly infected with tuberculosis. Similar experience was had by other societies in 

 importing these birds. It remains doubtful how the birds became infected, since 

 they were watered with rain water and were fed no meat, liver, or milk. The only 

 other animals which could enter the inclosure were rats, and it is suggested that the 

 infection may have been carried by them. 



On the behavior of the tubercle bacillus in frogs, O. Lubarsch {Centhh BaJct. 

 u. Par., l.Aht., 28 {1900), Nas. 14-15, )>p. 421-430).— Thin is mainly a controversial 

 article, but from additional experiments made by the author it is concluded that 



