In 1963 there were 1, 508, 000 buffaloes and 796, 000 cattle, which were mainly used as draught animals; 4, 208, 000 pigs; 89, 000 goats; 19, 000 sheep; and 57.7 million fowls. The agricultural high school at Gia Lam, 10 km N.E. of Hanoi has a veterinary faculty, which resumed veterinary education...

The laboratory, established at Farcha (Chad) in 1953, was united administratively five years later with the research centre for animal trypanosomiasis at Bouar (Central African Republic) to form the Veterinary and Zootechnical Research Region of Central Africa. This organization covers Chad, the...

Several cases of bovine MASTITIS yielded cultures of Klebsiella type organisms. Testing for bovine TUBERCULOSIS was reduced, partly by the institution of biennial tests in areas where eradication is proceeding satisfactorily, and also because the dry season precluded handling cattle in poor...

Mycoplasma sp. was recovered from a herd of cows with high incidence of MASTITIS which did not respond to penicillin. In another herd, a slow growing organism similar to Streptococcus thermophilus was recovered. A survey was begun to deter-mine the point of entry of Salmonella spp. into meat meal....

Vaccination against BOVINE CONTAGIOUS PLEUROPNEUMONIA is of considerable value but close supervision and attention to detail in the act of vaccination are essential to success. Intensive surveys and inspections and co-operation with slaughtering establishments are directed towards early detection...

The Institute, established in 1890, officially celebrated its Diamond Jubilee in March, 1951.
In field vaccinations of 1, 229 indigenous cattle, 250 sheep and 92 goats, the Nakamura III lapinized strain of RINDERPEST viras evoked no marked rise in temperature and had no ill effect even in cows in...

Treatment of staphylococcal MASTITIS is still difficult. Klebsiella sp. was isolated from cases of acute mastitis. Nocardia sp. has been isolated from cases of persistent mastitis. Pseudomonas sp. was found in an outbreak in which three cows died. Pasteurella septica was recovered from milk in this ...

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...

The vacancies in professional staff were not filled during the year. There were no outbreaks of exotic contagious disease. Of 1, 022 cattle submitted to the tuberculin test only one gave a positive reaction. Seven hundred and sixty-three cattle were vaccinated against ANTHRAX and 1, 159 against...

Diseases and numbers of animals vaccinated were-ANTHRAX 6, 463; BLACKLEG 6, 309; SWINE FEVER 1, 322; BRUCELLOSIS 1, 403; HAEMORRHAGIC SEPTICAEMIA 109; FOWL Pox 1, 027
ANAPLASMOSIS is endemic; TETANUS incidence is high; ULCERATIVE LYMPHANGITIS still persists on some of the sugar estates. Parasitic...