Chickens infected experimentally with PPLO had depressed weight gains and a high incidence of air-sac lesions. Experimentally infected poults developed sinusitis. Tylosin controlled the disease in chickens given 5 mg./lb. i/p, or 2 g. per gallon of drinking water for 3-5 days, or 3 applications, at ...

The cattle at the Morogoro Station were much less healthy than in previous years in spite of the fact that no tsetse flies were observed in or around the cattle sheds or on the Station, and it was thought that a possible source of infection might be the flies brought by the large number of lorries...

Cattle: the milking herd, in which only purebred Red Sindhi and Jersey sires are now being used, numbered 184 at 1st Apr. 1946; av. daily milk yield was 1428 Ib. ; 0.5 and 0.25 Jersey-Sindhis are the most economical producers; hormone treatment of slow maturing heifers. Many ♂ calves saved in last...

A nation-wide survey was made of the most important parasites of food-producing animals and of the best methods of controlling them Bovine trichomoniasis" is increasing in incidence and has been reported front all parts of the U.S.A. No satisfactory treatment has been developed. Artificial...

During the three years the number of pathological specimens examined was 4, 576. Of these, 18.9% were due to uncomplicated intestinal PARASITISM. Diseases caused by filtrable viruses were next in importance (13.78%). PULLORUM DISEASE was still very important, although many flocks have been freed...

The Central Research Station, Mazabuka, is now occupied. It is a combined agricultural and veterinary institution, but the two departments are independent. The Station was constructed during 1928 and 1929, and was officially opened on November 2nd, 1929. The accommodation and facilities comprise...

A continuation of earlier work [(1929). 15th Rep. supra, p. 177] on feeding tests with poisonous plants. When the economic importance of the plant justifies it, the larger domesticated animals are used-otherwise laboratory animals serve for test purposes. Taken in botanical arrangement, the results ...