White Leghorn pullets 20 weeks old submitted to a diagnostic laboratory in south-central Pennsylvania in September 1975 were found to be heavily infested with larvae of Argas persicus (Oken). The 3 living birds were severely depressed and suffering from a flaccid paralysis, and 2 birds were dead on ...

This 5th edition of the late Dr. Hagan's well-known textbook has been prepared by Professors D. W. Bruner and J. H. Gillespie. In the preface it is stated that the senior author has been responsible for revision of all parts except the chapters on rickettsial and viral diseases, a very heavy task...

Insecticides for livestock are dealt with on pages 137-148. Compared with the 1961 edition [see V.B. 32, abst. 2318] there are the following changes: Ruelene is now recommended for the treatment of warble fly larvae in beef cattle, together with ronnel (fenchlorphos) and Co-Ral (coumaphos). The...

Records are given of the local distribution of the ticks found by the author in central Tennessee in 1943. They comprised Amblyomma americanum, L. on man, cattle, dogs and sheep, Dermacentor variabilis, Say, on man and dogs, Haemaphysalis leporis-palustris, Pack. on rabbits and Argas persicus,...

This volume is the seventh in the series of Year books intended to supply agriculturalists with an up-to-date survey of various branches of science covered by the United States Department of Agriculture. The current Year book, like that of 1939 [Food and Life- V. B. 11 909.] is of great veterinary...

A development in connexion with departmental reorganization was the establishment of an Agricultural Research Administration in which the Bureau of Animal Industry was grouped with other bureaux having related interests [see V. B. 13. 344, abst. 2307], Active support of the nation's wartime...

In view of the fact that cattle in Georgia suffer severely from piroplasmosis and other protozoan diseases, investigations were carried out in 1930 and 1931 on the presence of ticks in that country. The 14 species found were Ixodes ricinusy, L., Haemaphysalis inermis, Bir., H. cinnabarina punctata, ...

The author first discusses the ways in which insects cause loss to the above industries. A survey of the literature indicates that there are about 150 different disease-producing organisms which invade the warm-blooded animals including man, in the transmission of which insects are more or less...

This report comprises three sections dealing, respectively, with (1) Contagious Diseases, (2) The Veterinary Pathological Laboratory (MASON, F. E.), and (3) School of Veterinary Medicine (RABAGLIATI D. S.).
SECTION 1. CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
In this section statistics are given with regard to the...