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1937 Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Science and Animal Industry, Volume 9, 1937: Recent submissions

  • The distribution and possible translocation of icterogenin in Lippia rehmanni (Pears) 
    Roets, G.C.S.; Du Toit, P.J. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1937)
    (1) Icterogenin may be present in variable amounts in the leaves and inflorescence of Lippia rehmanni (pears) whereas only traces are to be found in the stem and root stele. (2) There is a possible translocation of the ...
  • Recent investigations into the toxicity of known and unknown poisonous plants in the Union of South Africa VIII 
    Steyn, Douw G.; Du Toit, P.J. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1937)
    Chemical tests and drenching and feeding experiments were conducted with fourteen different plants. It is significant that hydrocyanic acid was detected in specimens of wilted Medicago sativa L. (lucerne), Tephrosia macropoda ...
  • Animal husbandry of the Hottentots 
    Epstein, H.; Du Toit, P.J. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1937)
    1. The country of the Hottentots -- 2. The domestic animals of the Hottentots -- 3. Descent and origin of the Hottentot cattle -- 4. Descent and origin of the Hottentot sheep -- 5. On the origin of the Hottentot dog -- 6. ...
  • Cysticercosis in swine and bovines, with special reference to South African conditions 
    Viljoen, Noel Francois; Du Toit, P.J. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1937)
    In discussing the etymology and history of, what we understand in the ordinary English of the meat industry, as "measles" in pork and beef, it is quite insufficient to consider the "bladderworm" stage of the parasite only, ...
  • South African helminths Part I 
    Ortlepp, R.J.; Du Toit, P.J. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1937)
    Seven new species of helminths are described, namely: Echinococcus felidis from a lion; Anoplocephala (S.J.) genettae from a genet; Gyrocoela kiewietti from a plover; Dubioxyuris macroscelidis from an elephant shrew; ...
  • A new blood parasite of the fowl 
    Coles, J.D.W.A.; Du Toit, P.J. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1937)
    An apparently new blood parasite of the fowl, found in New York and Philadelphia, has been described. A very similar, if not identical, organism occurs also in South Africa. The indications are that the parasite is not ...
  • A new piroplasm (Sauroplasma thomasi n.g., n.sp.) of a lizard (Zonurus giganteus, Smith) 
    Du Toit, P.J. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1937)
    A parasite is described which infects red blood corpuscles of the giant girdle-tailed lizard Zonurus giganteus, Smith. The relationship of this parasite to other organisms is discussed and the conclusion is reached that ...