: MILK, ITS COMPOSITION, ETC. I4I 
cyanogenus” (Fuchs), “Vibrio syncyanus” (Ehren. 
berg). Milk which is very albuminous, due to nitro- 
genous alimentation, or very alkaline, with feeble 
coagulating properties, is predisposed to this alteration. 
“Certain diets, diseases of the udder, etc., by retarding 
the acidification of the milk, may have a certain 
influence upon its production ” (Hueppe). Contamina- 
tion by the medium of air and flies may be a causative 
factor. 
Treatment.—Aeration, cleansing and disinfection of 
stables, dairy, and utensils, In certain cases change of 
diet is indicated. ‘Washing of the gland with anti- 
septic solutions to destroy organisms”’ (Zurn). 
Other anomalies are: Red and yellow milk; foreign 
products in milk, such as abnormal substances, flavoring 
matters, coloring matters, medicinal substances, patho- 
genic organisms transmissible to the human subject, 
red blood corpuscles or hemoglobin, etc. 
