This issue contains 30 articles covering various animal disease surveillance strategies as well as control and eradication of important animal diseases. Topics discussed also include epidemiology, risk analysis, diagnosis, vaccines and various aspects of animal welfare and production.

Outbreaks of food-borne infections or intoxications in humans resulted from consumption of contaminated foodstuff. The Report covering data from year 2008 provides information on the total number of registered food-borne outbreaks caused by different agents, including also those of unknown cause....

The literature on detection of resistance to antiparasitic drugs is reviewed. Subjects covered include in vivo tests (which can indicate the possibility of resistance, but require in vitro tests to confirm it); in vitro observation of the effect of different doses of the drug on the parasites (for...

Studies in Africa and France indicate that the compound, marketed under the trade name "Bitin-S", at a single oral dose of 30 mg/kg is of value in eliminating Fasciola gigantica and Paramphistomum microbothrium from cattle and sheep. At 40 mg/kg it eliminated immature forms of gigantica but not of ...

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...

Serious loss of livestock during the German occupation necessitated the importation of large numbers of animals by the UNRRA organization in an endeavour to restore the predominantly agricultural economy of Greece.
There are 160 qualified veterinarians. One hundred of these are employed by the...

The report deals with animal diseases in the territory and with the work of the Arloing Research Institute.
ANIMAL DISEASE.-ANTHRAX and BLACKLEG were only rarely seen and now give very little trouble. BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS appears to be spreading, 47 cases having been seen in 1935. Imported cattle...

The eradication of rinderpest, contagious bovine pleuro-pneumonia, glanders and swine erysipelas was considered to be complete. Although there had been an increase of foot and mouth disease and dourine in 1933, no cases were observed during 1934.
TUBERCULOSIS.-Forty-four cases were seen: most of...