NORMAL PHYSIOLOGY.-RÖLICH investigated the development of lymphatic tissue and bone-marrow in new-born cats and dogs. FAIRMAN et al found that the bone-marrow volume in dogs was about 2 per cent. of the body weight. SCHWAYER investigated the Fonio blood coagulation normals of equine blood...

III. The spread of F. & M. disease in Switzerland in the winter of 1938-89 gave the opportunity for extension of the preliminary experiments made with crystal-violet vaccine in 1938.
The method of preparation was as follows. Defibrinated virulent blood was obtained with aseptic precautions from...

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 ...

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...

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...

For the review for 1929 see this Bulletin. 2. 48-49.].
PETRAS and BISCHOFF worked on the haemoglobin resistance of various animals: the former found that it is very slight in bovine foetuses and only attains the normal value at one year of age.
FICHTELMANN recommended an enrichment method employing ...

A brief account of the population, climate, and soil, and of the methods of animal husbandry employed, is followed by an account of the infectious diseases of animals in the Carpathians. During the years 1932-1936, annual losses from anthrax diminished from 514 to 140. This is attributed mainly to...

After a short discussion of the general properties of vaccines, toxins and sera, G. deals with specific protection against various diseases of animals swine erysipelas, anthrax, blackleg, tetanus, swine fever, foot and mouth disease, rinderpest, tuberculosis (BCG), various diseases of young...

At the request of the Turkish Government Gerlach spent three months in Turkey during the summer of 1932 in order to report on the reorganization of the measures for combating contagious diseases of animals. He made a thorough study of agricultural conditions and a survey of each disease. His report ...

TECHNIQUE.-KOZMA'S work on the enumeration of leukocytes and blood platelets in fowl blood is valuable. He used the counting chamber and diluted stained blood. The details are given in this review. PRESTON also improved the method for examining the red blood corpuscles of fowls.
MEYER contributed...