A Dutch farmer with beef cattle and suckling calves noticed one of the calves suffering from diarrhoea and observed large white worms near the perineum. In the faeces of this calf, eggs of Toxocara vitulorum were found. The majority of the cows in the herd were of the Piemontese breed previously...

In March 2007 cutaneous nodules were observed in the neck-, shoulder- and back-region of a breeding bull, imported from France in November 2006. The nodules opened spontaneously and produced a haemorrhagic exudate. After suspicion of parafilariosis, the bull was treated with moxidectin, but without ...

Cattle hypodermosis, due to insect larvae, is widely spread over the northern hemisphere. Very efficient insecticides are available and their use in most countries are done on an individual level but never cover the whole cattle population of a country. Untreated animals remain the reservoir of the ...

The length and width of 1297 Fasciola hepatica ova shed in cattle hosts, 337 in sheep and 199 in nutria (Myocastor coypus), were measured from several parts of France. The data were compared with those obtained from other studies in Spain, France (where rats were also investigated), Germany and the ...

This volume contains 21 papers that were presented at a symposium on the control of Hypoderma spp. in Europe held in Brussels, Belgium, in September 1982, together with the opening address by C. Boulard, in which she briefly outlines the history of the European Working Group on Hyperdermosis (of...

A total of 471 first-season grazing calves received the morantel sustained-release bolus at spring turnout in 38 field trials conducted in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, West Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom. I each trial, equal numbers of control and...

This book is an account of the flock of Spanish Merinos which was owned by King George III of England. It may also be looked on as a fairly complete biography of Sir Joseph Banks, F.R.S. Although the King nominally owned the flock, Banks' was the guiding hand behind everything that was done. The...

Two new species of Paramphistomum from cattle are described namely P. hiberniae n.sp. and P. scotiae n.sp., first collected from Irish and Scottish cattle respectively. Notes are made on some specimens received from the Netherlands and France.
P. hiberniae and P. scotiae are compared with P. cervi...

The first issue of The Veterinary Annual appeared in 1959 [V.B. 30, 2039] and it has now become established as a concise survey of advances in many fields of veterinary science. This second issue covers the same wide field as before, and is mainly concerned with literature published in 1959....