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tests with the recovered bacteria. The observations thus far 

 completed are summarized in Table I. For comparison, the 

 records of two guinea pigs successfully infected with the B. abortus, 

 and four animals unsuccessfully inoculated intraperitoneally with 

 B. melitensis are included. 



Experiments with B. melitensis strains obtained from Algiers 

 and with the B. paramelitensis (Negre and Raynaud) are in 

 progress. 



