Browsing 1926 11th and 12th Reports of the Director of Veterinary Education and Research - Part 1, September 1926 by Title

Browsing 1926 11th and 12th Reports of the Director of Veterinary Education and Research - Part 1, September 1926 by Title

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  • Remarkable case of volvulus in a calf due to aplasia of the mesentery 
    Steck, W.; Theiler, Arnold, Sir, 1867-1936; Union of South Africa. Department of Agriculture (Pretoria : Government Printer and Stationery Office, 1926)
    (1) A three-month-old bull-calf dies suddenly as a result of a complicated volvulus. (2) This volvulus is due to a reduction of the mesentery (probably congenital) in a part of the small intestine, which allows a part to ...
  • Report on the transmission of nagana in the Ntabanana and Mhlatuze settlements, Zululand 
    Bedford, G.A.H.; Theiler, Arnold, Sir, 1867-1936; Union of South Africa. Department of Agriculture (Pretoria : Government Printer and Stationery Office, 1926)
  • Serological investigations into some diseases of domesticated animals in South Africa caused by trypanosomes 
    Robinson, E.M.; Theiler, Arnold, Sir, 1867-1936; Union of South Africa. Department of Agriculture (Pretoria : Government Printer and Stationery Office, 1926)
    1. The complement fixation test may be used for the diagnosis of dourine occurring naturally in South Africa, provided T. equiperdum antigen is employed. 2. Animals infected with T. brucei react to the complement fixation ...
  • Splenectomy in domesticated animals and its sequelae, with special reference to anaplasmosis in sheep 
    De Kock, G.; Quinlan, J.B.; Theiler, Arnold, Sir, 1867-1936; Union of South Africa. Department of Agriculture (Pretoria : Government Printer and Stationery Office, 1926)
    1. A certain percentage of South African sheep kept locally become “carriers” of anaplasma. The course of the disease is evidently of such a mild nature that it has never been identified naturally. 2. When sheep introduced ...
  • Urginea macrocenta (Baker) : its toxic effects on ruminants 
    Mitchell, D.T.; Theiler, Arnold, Sir, 1867-1936; Union of South Africa. Department of Agriculture (Pretoria : Government Printer and Stationery Office, 1926)
    In South Africa three species of liliaceous plants occur to which the common name of Slangkop (snake head) has been given, all of which have been blamed for many years as a cause of mortality in stock. They are: Urginea ...