1908 Report of the Government Veterinary Bacteriologist of the Transvaal 1908 - 1909

1908 Report of the Government Veterinary Bacteriologist of the Transvaal 1908 - 1909

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  • Anaplasma marginale (gen. and spec. nov.): the marginal points in the blood of cattle suffering from a specific disease 
    Theiler, Arnold, Sir, 1867-1936; Transvaal Department of Agriculture (Pretoria : Government Printing and Stationary Office, 1910)
    A detailed report of the experiments done on cattle with specific diseases. Part 1: Further inoculation experiments with South African Redwater. Part 2: Marginal points in the literature in Piroplasmosis. Part 3: Association ...
  • Experimental studies on a specific purulent nephritis of equidae 
    Meyer, K.F.; Transvaal Department of Agriculture (Pretoria : Government Printing and Stationary Office, 1910)
    Specific purulent nephritis had occasionally been found in post-mortems at the institute. Theiler did some research in 1902 and in 1909 the micro-organism causing this disease was isolated. It was then possible for the ...
  • Investigations into the disease lamziekte of cattle 
    Frei, Walter; Transvaal Department of Agriculture (Pretoria : Government Printing and Stationary Office, 1910)
    Clinical symptoms of this disease as well as anatomical-pathological lesions were described. A comparison to the Lamziekte disease occuring in the Cape Colony was also made.
  • Some experimental and epidemiological observations on a particular strain of pleuro-pneumonia 
    Meyer, K.F.; Transvaal Department of Agriculture (Pretoria : Government Printing and Stationary Office, 1910)
    Cattle were inoculated prophylactically against lung-sickness, subsequent to an outbreak of this disease in the herd. Some of the inoculated cattle started to show signs of reaction against this inoculation.
  • The refractive index of horse-sera 
    Frei, Walter; Transvaal Department of Agriculture (Pretoria : Government Printing and Stationary Office, 1910)
    A refractometer of Pulfrich with heated prisms was used to obtain the results.
  • Gauw Ziekte : a disease of sheep 
    Walker, James; Transvaal Department of Agriculture (Pretoria : Government Printing and Stationary Office, 1910)
    Experiments were done to find the cause of Gauw ziekte. Detailed Post Mortem results are included
  • On a collection of Anopheles made at Onderstepoort in the autumn of 1909 
    Gough, Lewis, H.; Transvaal Department of Agriculture (Pretoria : Government Printing and Stationary Office, 1910)
    Mosquitoes were collected in connection with some experiments to trace the carrier of horse-sickness, which was suspected (though not proved) to be an anopheles.
  • The infectivity of blood of animals suffering from chronic glanders 
    Theiler, Arnold, Sir, 1867-1936; Transvaal Department of Agriculture (Pretoria : Government Printing and Stationary Office, 1910)
    The blood of horses and mules after they have been hyperimmunized with virulent horse-sickness blood was examined.