In spite of the severe drought during the year there has been little decrease in the stock of the territory, this being ascribed to the ability of zebu cattle to survive when high-producing animals would succumb. The first step in any stock improvement scheme must be the improvement of the country; ...

It was decided to issue this and future annual reports from this Department in two parts, part I to deal with routine activities and normal progress, and part II to deal with research.
The year was an unfortunate one for stock, owing to the relative failure of the rainy seasons, and cattle died in...

TRYPANOSOMIASIS.-With more than two-thirds of the country submerged in a sea of tsetse-infested bush, the incidence of trypanosomiasis continued in all domesticated animals inhabiting areas on the periphery of, or often surrounded by, " fly "belts. T. congolense, T. vivax and more rarely T. brucei...

Owing to wartime economy the original report of the Director of Veterinary Services had to be drastically abbreviated.
Section I deals with the livestock position in the Territory, which was again disappointing owing to the lack of adequate rainfall.
Section II (a) describes briefly disease control ...