There was an existing outbreak of FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE in the Wankie Native District at the beginning of the year. Two other outbreaks were recorded, one in the same district and one in the Beitbridge Native District. Both the Wankie outbreaks were due to virus S.A.T.I, and that at Beitbridge to...

Outbreaks of ANAPLASMOSIS ran the usual mild course seen in Queensland. The wet season favoured extension of the regions affected by cattle tick, and buffalo fly (shown in maps). Field trials showed that spraying with chlordane (0.25%), toxaphene (0.5%) or dieldrin (0.5%) provided satisfactory...

ALABAMA, 1940.-A brief account is given of studies on the occurrence, epidemiology, and inter-host relationships of nematode parasites of fowls.
ARIZONA, 1940-41.-There are notes on the following: - stomach worms in young cattle, bacillary HAEMOGLOBINURIA in cattle, warble-fly larvae in range...

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...

The normal activities of the bureau continued to function satisfactorily; the U.S.A. remained free from major epizootics throughout the year. There were 4, 428 regular civil service employees and of these 2, 081 were in the professional and scientific service, 93% being veterinarians. Expenditure...

KANSAS, 1942-44.-A study was made of calcium requirements for pigs when the phosphorus level in the ration was 0.3% and adequate vitamin D was present. Tests showed that neither 0.3% nor 0.4% calcium was adequate. Symptoms included loss of appetite, crooked legs, lameness and partial paralysis. In...