Changes in legislation (a) made it obligatory for imported horses, asses and mules to be consigned by a route which does not pass through the Suez Canal, as a precaution against AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS; (b) permitted the importation by air from New Zealand of horses, poultry, dogs and cats, and of...

Cases of ANTHRAX in cattle occurred in Blue Nile Province and in the quarantine at Khartoum North (22) and Wadi Haifa (87) and a few cases of ANTHRAX and of CASEOUS LYMPHADENITIS in sheep and goats.
Forty-five animals were destroyed because of CRYPTOCOCCUS INFECTIONS.
There was a decrease in the...

Outbreaks of BOVINE CONTAGIOUS PLEURO-PNEUMONIA are described. The enormous amount of work required for inoculations and inspections to detect a comparatively small number of diseased animals and achieve control is emphasized. In the north of the Northern Territory it is difficult to control the...

This fourth edition of Merchant's textbook for veterinary students, like its predecessors, confines itself to the bacteria and the viruses; the protozoa are purposely omitted on the grounds that they are more logically studied in the course of parasitology. The emphasis is more directly on the...

During 1939-45 the R.A.V.C. was brought up to the strength required by the appointment of young graduates offered emergency commissions rather than by the call up of Reserve officers: the severe nature of active service conditions in Burma proved the wisdom of this policy. Other ranks were...

I. PERSONNEL.-Four British veterinary inspectors were released for military service, and, although their duties were ostensibly purely veterinary, they had to fulfil other functions.
" it is rare nowadays to find British [combat] officers with the requisite knowledge of animals to make them good...

Notes on the staff are followed by the body of the report which is presented under four headings, namely, Diseases of Animals, Trade in Livestock and Livestock Products, Improvement of Livestock and Miscellaneous. The report of the Veterinary Research Officer is given as an appendix.
STAFF.
The...

The professional staff consisted of the Director, two Research Officers and ten Veterinary Inspectors.
DISEASES OF ANIMALS.
RINDERPEST was wide-spread, especially during the dry season. More serum was issued than in previous years, viz, 136, 272 doses (50 c.c.) as compared with 102, 000 in 1934....

II. GENERAL.-Routine work, which had reached its highest recorded peak last year, expanded more than ever. No real research was possible. Two Sudanese veterinary officers became available (diplomates of the Khartoum Veterinary School); one was posted to Malakal, releasing a British research officer ...

The professional staff consisted of the Director, the Assistant Director and Senior Research Officer, the Research Officer, and 11 Veterinary Inspectors. The only significant staff change was the appointment of the Senior Research Officer as Assistant Director in addition to his other duties.
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