The following average values were determined. on all or some of 27 Saanen goats, 19 Holstein-Friesian and 4 Jersey cows, 7 Japanese native black oxen, and 13 dogs, all of which were healthy.
1. The oxygen content on a volume per cent basis of the arterial blood (AB) was 14.059 in goats (G) and 14.71 in cattle (C). That of the venous blood (VB) was 9.72 in G, 10.71 in C, and 10.74 in dogs (D).
2. The oxygen capacity on a volume per cent basis was 15.25 in G, 15.98 in C, and 16.66 in D.
3. Oxygen per cent saturation in AB was 89.37 in G and 91.5 in C. That in VB was 63.83 in G, 67.20 in C, and 64.71 in D.
4. The CO₂ pressure in mmHg of AB was 41. 76 in G and 37.9 in C. That of VB was 47.08 in G, 42.6 in C, and 43.5 in D.
5. The total CO2 on a volume per cent (and MM/L) basis of AB was 56.43 (25.63) in G and 52.08 (23.55) in C. That of VB was 61.08 (27.63) in G, 56.53 (25.53) in C, and 58.44 (26.40) in D.
6. The free CO₂ (as H₂CO₃) on an MM/L basis of AB was 1.31 in G and 1.19 in C. That of VB was 1.47 in G, 1.33 in C, and 1.36 in D.
7. The combinative CO₂ (as HCO₃-) on an ME Q/L basis of AB was 25.12 in G and 22.61 in C. That of VB was 26.10 in G, 24.19 in C, and 25. 12 in D.
8. The plasma buffer base (B_B⁺) on an mEQ/L basis of AB was 42.57 in G and 40.2 in C. That of VB was 43.46 in G, 41.3 in C, and 41.98 in D.
9. The pH of AB was 7.39 in G and 7.40 in C. That of VB was 7.36 in G and C and 7.37 in D.

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Many studied have been carried out on embryonating hen's eggs mostly for the purpose of detecting Salmonella organisms. This investigation was attempted to elucidate any interrelationship that might exist between the microorganisms, exceptspecial pathogenic bacteria, isolated from embryos and chicks dead in the shell and the cause of death of embryos.
On the other hand, bacteriological investigation was conducted on newly hatched chicks which were in poor health conditionsor which died soon after hatched to know the influence of microorganisms on the health of chicks.
The results obtained are summarized as follows.
1. Microorganisms were isolated from 456 of 1, 062 embryonating eggs examined.
2. Of the organisms isolated, Micrococcaceae were the largest in number and Enterobacteriaceae and streptococci followed them in frequency of isolation. The same tendency was found among the organisms isolated from inside the egg shell.
3. In newly hatched chicks, the worse health conditions, the more frequently were isolated organisms. Isolation was positive in all dying and dead chicks, but organisms were hardly isolated from chicks in good health conditions which had been killed within 5 days after hatched.
4. Organisms were isolated most frequently f rom the lungs, which was followed by the yolk in this regard. In dead chicks many organs showed high rates of bacterial detection.
5. Micrococcaceae were isolated most frequently from such dead chicks as well as from the eggs.
6. Someof the cultures of Micrococcaceae is-. olated from these eggs and chicks were identified as those of staphylococci, some of which produced coagulase and hemolysin.
Judging from the results mentioned above, it is undeniable that infectionof both eggs and chicks with various bacteria exerts a great influence on the living of embryos.

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Experimentally infected tuberculous calves were subjected to intradermal tuberculin tests repeatedly at about three weeks' intervals with special purposes of finding local swelling and febrile response cited by SHIBATA.
They had been inoculated with some strains of different virulence into the submucosa at the mouthangle. It was made clear that tuberculous lesion was confined to the site of inoculation or its nei ghboring lymph nodes when infection was made with attenuatedstrains, but that generalized tuberculosis was seen when infection was made withvirulent strains.
Usually infected calves were tuberculin-positive at early testing. When they were tested repeatedly, the swelling at 72 hours became to be reduced or negative, but local swelling shown between three and six hours after injection remained unchanged.
On the other hand, the febrile response whichwas observed about six or eight hours after injection still remained to be positive, irrespective of the negative result of intradermal testing.
These results were discussed in relation to the so-called no-lesion reactor with special reference to the febrile response in the intradermal test.

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