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1948 Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Science and Animal Industry, Volume 23, 1948: Recent submissions

  • Transmission of the South African strain of dourine to laboratory animals 
    Haig, D.A.; Lund, A.S.; Du Toit, P.J. (Pretoria : The Government Printer, 1948)
    These results show that the South African strain of dourine like the chronic form of the disease in other countries is not readily transmitted to laboratory animals. But where the invasive power of the strain has ...
  • The demonstration and transmission of the South African strain of Trypanosoma equiperdum of horses 
    Parkin, B.S.; Du Toit, P.J. (Pretoria : The Government Printer, 1948)
    The identification and the transmission of the causal trypanosomes of the South African type of Dourine has resulted in an improvement of the methods of diagnosis by means of the examination of the blood and of the Complement ...
  • Dourine infection in young equines 
    Robinson, E.M.; Du Toit, P.J. (Pretoria : The Government Printer, 1948)
    1. Foals may become infected with dourine before sexual maturity. Cases are described where infection had occurred at 9 months or younger. 2. Such foals on reaching sexual maturity are capable of transmitting the infection ...
  • Notes on serological tests carried out on equine species infected with dourine 
    Robinson, E.M.; Du Toit, P.J. (Pretoria : The Government Printer, 1948)
    A record is given of a large number of equine animals under observation for dourine at the Onderstepoort Laboratory, with their reactions to serological tests over a period of five years. Mention is made of the results ...
  • The campaign against East Coast fever in South Africa 
    Diesel, A.M.; Du Toit, P.J. (Pretoria : The Government Printer, 1948)
    It is convenient to review the campaign against East Coast Fever, over three particular periods, viz.: 1. The period prior to the institution of short-interval dipping, i.e. between 1902 and 1910. 2. The short-interval ...