Lamsiekte (Parabotulism) in cattle in South Africa : experiments outside the recognized lamsiekte area

Abstract

Section 3 describes experiments done on animals outside the recognised lamsiekte area. The research was done by drenching animals with materials originating at Onderstepoort, Natal and Armoedsvlakte. Then another set of experiments were done by drenching animals with materials obtained at Onderstepoort but originating from Armoedsvlakte. In another set of experiments animals were drenched with material obtained at Onderstepoort as the result of cultivating anarobic organisms contained in toxic bones originating from Armoedsvlakte. An appendix is added with the details of experiments referred to in the various series and post-mortem reports on some of the fatal cases.