Browsing South African National Veterinary Repository by Title

Browsing South African National Veterinary Repository by Title

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  • Major C. S. Walker 
    ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Research (1935)
    Major C. S. Walker was the host for a Dairy Congress held at Botha House on the grounds of the University of Grahamstown during September 29th - October 5th, 1935. [Diary of a Congress Delegate - SA Medical Journal, Oct ...
  • Major Frank Fairbairn Crawford 
    ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Research (1900)
    Crawford was born at Hastings in Sussex in 1850. He graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in 1873 and enlisted in the army in the same year, joining the Royal Artillery as a veterinarian. In late 1874 he was posted ...
  • Major James William Crowhurst 
    ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Research (1934)
    James William Crowhurst was born in 1865, Canterbury, United Kingdom and died on the 19th September 1944 (place not known). He came from a family with many veterinarians, including his father James (FRCVS). He arrived in ...
  • Major-General Sir David Bruce 
    ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Research (1931)
    David Bruce (1855-1931), Scottish bacteriologist and parasitologist, was the only son of David Bruce and his wife Jane Hamilton. In 1884 he was posted to Malta as an army surgeon and two years later discovered the bacterial ...
  • Major-General Sir David Bruce 
    ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Research (1931)
    Major-General Sir David Bruce (born 29 May 1855 in Melbourne – died 27 November 1931 in London) was a British pathologist and microbiologist who investigated Malta fever (later called brucellosis in his honour) and African ...
  • Making plague a tropical disease 
    Jones, Susan; World Association for the History of Veterinary Medicine. International Congress (44th : 2020 : Pretoria, South Africa) (Pretoria : World Association for the History of Veterinary Medicine, 2020-02)
    Although bubonic plague is not one of the major veterinary diseases of South Africa, it played an important role in the scientific history of the Union. In turn, international conceptions of the disease were shaped by ...
  • Maldronksiekte in cattle : a neuronopathy caused by Solanum kwebense N.E. Br. 
    Pienaar, J.G.; Kellerman, T.S.; Basson, P.A.; Jenkins, W.L.; Vahrmeijer, J.; De Kock, V.E.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Published by The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1976)
    A neurological disease of cattle (maldronksiekte), occurring in a localized area of the Northern Transvaal, was experimentally reproduced by feeding Solanum kwebense plants to cattle. The disease is characterized by temporary ...
  • The manufacture of anti-rinderpest spleen vaccine under field conditions in Tanganyika Territory 
    Mitchell, D.T.; Peevie, W.G.G.; Du Toit, P.J. (Published by The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1945)
    Although the method described served its purpose it is considered that the technique is too complicated. The reduction of the spleen tissue to a very fine pulp is important if blockage of needles with consequent delay and ...
  • Map of Kaalplaas 
    ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Research (1940)
    Map of Kaalplaas showing camps, gates, watering points, dipping tanks and roads
  • Map of the Union of South Africa game reserves 
    ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Research (1933)
    Map showing locality of twelve game reserves in the Union of South Africa, 1933.
  • Map of Zululand showing mean annual isohyetal curves : tsetse map 
    ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Research (1940)
    Map of Zululand showing "mean annual isohyetal (line joining points of equal precipitation) curves
  • Margaropus wileyi sp. nov. (Ixodoidea, Ixodidae), a new species of tick from the reticulated giraffe 
    Walker, Jane B.; Laurence, B.R.; De Kock, V.E.; De Lange, M.; Bigalke, R.D.; Howell, P.G.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria, 1973)
    Descriptions are given of the male and female of Margaropus wileyi sp. nov. collected from the reticulated giraffe in Kenya. A key is given to the three species now known in the genus Margaropus and their differential ...
  • Marijke Madeleine Henton : interview questionnaire and curriculum vitae 
    Henton, Marijke Madeleine; South African Veterinary Association. Veterinary History Society (2022-10)
    Curriculum vitae and an interview questionnaire of Dr Marijke Henton. This includes information about her education and career, scientific contributions and writings, homages and distinctions.
  • Married quarters at Onderstepoort : housing 
    ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Research (1940)
    One of the Victorian "arts and crafts" red brick houses for married couples at Onderstepoort
  • Married quarters at Onderstepoort : housing 
    ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Research (1940)
    One of the Victorian "arts and crafts" red brick houses for married couples
  • Married quarters, with a formal garden, at Onderstepoort : housing 
    ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Research (1940)
    One of the Victorian "Arts and Crafts" red brick houses for married couples at Onderstepoort with a view of the formal garden
  • Marshallagia marshalli (Ransom, 1907) Orloff, 1933 and a new species of this genus from sheep in South Africa 
    Monnig, H.O.; DuToit, P.J. (Pretoria : The Government Printer, 1940)
  • Measurements of mass, length and valve diameters from normal formalin-fixed ovine hearts 
    Newsholme, S.J.; Van Ark, H.; Howerth, Elizabeth W.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1984)
    Hearts from 60 Merino sheep of known age, sex and live mass and with no known history of disease were collected and fixed in buffered 10% formalin. Systematic light microscopical examination did not indicate any abnormality ...
  • Meat studies no. 2 : toughness of meat 
    Meara, P.J.; Du Toit, P.J. (Pretoria : The Government Printer, 1947)
    Qualities such as flavour, texture, juiciness, colour, and aroma contribute to the appreciation of meat. However, most people agree that tender meat is good meat. Toughness makes for unpalatability, or even inedibility ...
  • Meat studies. No. 1. Post-natal growth and development of muscle, as exemplified by the gastrocnemius and psoas muscles of the rabbit 
    Meara, P.J.; Du Toit, P.J. (Pretoria : The Government Printer, 1947)
    Attention is directed to the paucity of information regarding the morphological growth and development of muscle, particularly in connection with the microscopical elements comprising muscle. Such knowledge is of value, ...