The German government appointed in 1897 a special committee headed by Friedrich Loeffler, to investigate the cause of F. & M. disease and possible control measures. Loeffler, who was soon afterwards appointed professor of bacteriology and hygiene at Greifswald University, established that the...

A general account is given of the problems of animal and human trypanosomiasis, with an extended historical survey of the advance of knowledge on these subjects, the work of German scientists being particularly stressed.
The treatment of bovine trypanosomiasis and the immunization of cattle are...

The following notifiable diseases were not observed during the year: -dourine, rinderpest, contagious bovine pleuro-pneumonia and sheep pox. Other diseases notifiable in a part or whole of the German Reich are: -anthrax, blackleg, haemorr-hagic septicaemia, strangles, tuberculosis, swine...

ZWICK.-BORNA DISEASE. A cinematograph film of Borna disease was shown and it was stated that this virus disease is transmissible to the rabbit, guineapig, rat, fowl, sheep, bovine and horse. The virus is nearly related to that of malignant bovine catarrh and it is excreted in the nasal secretion,...

This is a good general review on sheep pox with special reference to its history and incidence in Bulgaria. It is the most important infectious disease of the most important farm animal in that country and has existed there for a long time, except for short periods in the last three decades when it ...

The authors state that while in human medicine local skin tests have almost entirely displaced the subcutaneous injection of tuberculin, in veterinary practice, at least in Germany, the subcutaneous test is by far the most commonly employed. They refer briefly to the views expressed by ZWICK and...

In the past rinderpest has nearly always gained access to the Balkan Peninsula from Asiatic Turkey, where the disease is enzootic. This is known to have taken place in the case of the outbreaks of 1853 and 1863 which caused great losses among cattle in the neighbourhood of Tschataldja. During the...

A detailed report on the veterinary organization, the notifiable and other important diseases of animals, meat and milk inspection and the general state of the livestock industry in the province of Württemberg. During the period under review Ministerialdirektor von Ostertag was chief of the...

(4) Symptoms and post-mortem appearances. -Under this heading, which covers half the present paper, Ostertag details at great length the appearances presented in rinderpest-affected animals in outbreaks in various districts. These were furnished in official reports in 1912 and 1913 by the...

This publication consists of a description of a journey undertaken by the above three authors to Bulgaria and Turkey at the request of the German Minister of Agriculture in October 1916, with the object of studying the contagious diseases of animals of these countries and the methods there employed ...