The ectoparasites of guineafowl and chickens were surveyed at local markets and under conditions of intensive management in Yelwa, Kontagora and near New Bussa in the southern guinea savanna zone of Nigeria. The ectoparasites of range guineafowl and local chickens were the lice Menacanthus...

In a survey of the distribution and prevalence of adult ticks parasitising domestic animals in the northern regions of the Somali Democratic Republic, 26 species were identified. The ten most common species were widely distributed. Hyalomma anatolicum anatolicum Koch, H. dromedarii Koch, H....

The author first discusses the ways in which insects cause loss to the above industries. A survey of the literature indicates that there are about 150 different disease-producing organisms which invade the warm-blooded animals including man, in the transmission of which insects are more or less...

This report comprises three sections dealing, respectively, with (1) Contagious Diseases, (2) The Veterinary Pathological Laboratory (MASON, F. E.), and (3) School of Veterinary Medicine (RABAGLIATI D. S.).
SECTION 1. CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
In this section statistics are given with regard to the...

Reference is made to the above tick and the conditions set up by it in the appendix furnished by the Director of Veterinary Research in the Report of the Department of Agriculture. Union of South Africa, for the year 1916 [see this Bulletin, Vol. 6, No. 1, p. 59].
The tick is stated to be a native...