Research on infectious diseases, particularly of cattle, due to viruses. bacteria and internal parasites is mainly conducted at the Animal Health Research Laboratory, Parkville, Melbourne and that on parasites and bacterial diseases of sheep at the McMaster Laboratory, Glebe, Sydney. The Veterinary ...

Analysis of the diagnostic reports showed that the incidence of liver fluke disease was reduced in comparison with previous years. A trial with Nitro xynil showed that it was more effective than other compounds in reducing the output of fluke eggs. The lowered level of clostridial disease was...

No cases of rabies, rinderpest, foot and mouth disease, swine fever, contagious bovine pleuropneu-monia, anthrax or surra were encountered. In buffaloes, HAEMORRHAGIC SEPTICAEMIA never seems to occur in epidemic form, although Pasteurella multocida is occasionally isolated. ASCARIS INFECTION of...

STRUCK is reported in sheep in the Punjab; Cl. perfringens type C was isolated from the intestinal contents of an affected sheep. In studies on OVINE PNEUMONIA, sheep were inoculated s/c or i/v with a formol Corynebacterium pyogenes[Arcanobacterium pyogenes] vaccine. Two months later they were...

One of the four Divisions of the Department of Agriculture, Stock and Fisheries is that of Animal Industry, which is responsible for animal husbandry and veterinary services and maintains eight livestock stations. The chief of this division is a veterinary surgeon and there are five veterinary...

The state continued to remain free of major epidemics; no cases of rabies, foot and mouth disease, swine fever, anthrax, contagious bovine pleuropneumonia, or surra were encountered. Buffa loes are the most important domestic animal, with an estimated population of 80, 000; they are used as work...

In studies on the microbiology of the digestive tract, sheep with a mixed rumen ciliate population made greater weight gains during an early period of ad libitum feeding when compared with a ciliate-free group. However over a 12-month period there was no significant difference in body weight, food...

In studies on MASTITIS intramammary infusions of 100, 000 units of penicillin with Edicol Supra blue and green dyes showed that penicillin was excreted within 72 hours. Excretion of oxytetracycline was similar to that of penicillin, but streptomycin and chlortetracycline were excreted more slowly....

There were three vacancies in an establishment of 8 professional officers. The junior technical staff has increased by 6 posts after long repeated claims for this addition. Accommodation was provided by conversions pending a decision on proposed new siting for the Laboratory Services. Some 25, 000...

There were no outbreaks of the following scheduled diseases-rinderpest, glanders, haemorrhagic septicaemia, ephemeral fever, bluetongue, Q fever, dourine, epizootic lymphangitis, equine infectious anaemia, African horse sickness, swine fever, swine erysipelas, canine leishmaniasis, pulloram ...