Browsing South African National Veterinary Repository by Issue Date

Browsing South African National Veterinary Repository by Issue Date

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  • Dr Duncan Hutcheon : Cape Colony veterinarian 
    ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Research (1906)
    Dr Duncan Hutcheon was appointed in 1880 as Colonial Veterinary Surgeon for the Cape Colony. Hutcheon can be regarded as the true pioneer in veterinary science in South Africa and was responsible for the elucidation of ...
  • Group of veterinarians who died in South-West-Africa prior to 1907 
    ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Research (1907)
    Veterinarians who died in South-West-Africa prior to 1907. Photo-composite: Reg.-Tieratz Sepp, Stabveterinär Rogge, Reg.-Tierartz Albrecht, Oberveterinär Schröder, Stabveterinär Moll, Reg.-Tierartz Kämpny, Oberveterinär ...
  • Report of the Government Veterinary Bacteriologist of the Transvaal 1905-6 : 12th November 1906 
    (Pretoria ; Government Printing and Stationary Office, 1907-11)
    The 1905-1906 report of the Veterinary Bacteriological Laboratories give a complete account of the progress of investigations at the laboratories. The report is divided into two sections: (a) routine work, and (b) research ...
  • Further notes on Piroplasma mutans : a new species of Piroplasma in South African cattle 
    Theiler, Arnold, Sir, 1867-1936 (Pretoria: Government Printing and Stationery Office, 1908)
    Experiment 1 was the infection of animals known to be immune against redwater with piroplasma mutans. Experiment 2 was heifers infected with blue larval ticks in thew first instance, causing a pure infection of piroplasme ...
  • Transmission experiments with East Coast fever 
    Theiler, Arnold, Sir, 1867-1936; Transvaal Department of Agriculture (Pretoria: Government Printng and Stationery Office, 1908)
    Conclusions: Rhipicephalus decoloratus and amblyomma hebraeum must not be considered as hosts of piroplasma parvum. Rhipicephalus appendiculatus, evertsi, capensis, simus, and, according to Lounsbury, also nitens, must be ...
  • Immunisation of mules with inadequate and adequate serum and virus, and the immunity obtained therefrom 
    Theiler, Arnold, Sir, 1867-1936; Transvaal Department of Agriculture (Pretoria: Government Printing and Stationery Office, 1908)
    Conclusions: l. The simultaneous injection of serum 0 and adequate virus resulted in typical horse-sickness reactions, and the immunity obtained therefrom prevented a reaction when the adequate virus is subsequently ...
  • Miscellaneous Investigations: gouw-ziekte; stiff sickness, or three days' sickness; internal parasites 
    Theiler, Arnold, Sir, 1867-1936; Transvaal Department of Agriculture (Pretoria : Government Printer and Stationery Office, 1908)
  • Front view of the Onderstepoort laboratory (Old Main building) 
    ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Research (1908)
    Photo of the front view of the Onderstepoort laboratory, also known as the Old main building
  • Northern Kalahari Region : tsetse map 
    ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Research (1908)
    Map of northern Kalahari Region showing limits of G morsitans: 1836 - 1896 and 1896 - 1908 (probably due to devastating effect of Rinderpest on population numbers of the host animals)
  • Routine laboratory at Onderstepoort 
    ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Research (1908)
    Photo of the Routine laboratory ca. 1908, incorporated into the "old Helminthology building". Renamed in 2012 to the Biotechnology building
  • Letter of transmittal 
    Theiler, Arnold, Sir, 1867-1936 (Pretoria : Government Printing and Stationery Office, 1908)
  • Comments on the various articles in section 5 
    Theiler, Arnold, Sir, 1867-1936; Orpen, J.M.; Transvaal Department of Agriculture (Pretoria: Government Printing and Stationery Office, 1908)
  • Inoculation of mules with polyvalent virus and serum 
    Theiler, Arnold, Sir, 1867-1936; Transvaal Department of Agriculture (Pretoria: Government Printing and Stationery Office, 1908)
    Conclusion:-The immunisation against a polyvalent virus with an adequate serum produces immunity which protects against any of its constituents. The immunity is strong enough to prevent a reaction in the majority of cases, ...
  • Result of horsesickness inoculation in practice during 1906-1907 
    Theiler, Arnold, Sir, 1867-1936; Transvaal Department of Agriculture (Pretoria: Government Printing and Stationery Office, 1908)
  • Continuation of experiments for inoculation against equine piroplasmosis (biliary fever) 
    Theiler, Arnold, Sir, 1867-1936; Transvaal Department of Agriculture (Pretoria : Government Printing and Stationery Office, 1908)
    Conclusions: (1) The inoculation of animals with horse foal blood of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generations caused a mortality of 7 out of 186, or 4 per cent. (2) The inoculation of animals with horse foal blood of 4th, 5th, 6th, ...
  • Further notes on immunity in horsesickness 
    Theiler, Arnold, Sir, 1867-1936; Transvaal Department of Agriculture (Pretoria: Government Printing and Stationery Office, 1908)
    The full history of the treatment accorded to each animal is apparent from the tables. Conclusion : These experiments show conclusively that when a horse or mule is inoculated with a certain strain of virus, the animal, ...
  • Student hostel at Onderstepoort : housing 
    ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Research (1908)
    Photo of the students' hostel at Onderstepoort, 1908. It is build in the Victorian "arts and crafts" red brick style
  • Inoculation of sheep against bluetongue and the results in practice 
    Theiler, Arnold, Sir, 1867-1936; Transvaal Department of Agriculture (Pretoria: Government Printing and Stationery Office, 1908)
    The results of the experiments show very clearly the advantage that vaccinated sheep have over susceptible animals.
  • Routine section 
    Theiler, Arnold, Sir, 1867-1936; Parkes, E.B.H.; Transvaal Department of Agriculture (Pretoria: Government Printing and Stationery Office, 1908)
  • Experiments with English and South African redwater 
    Theiler, Arnold, Sir, 1867-1936; Transvaal Department of Agriculture (Pretoria : Government Printing and Stationery Office, 1908)
    Conclusions: It would be seen from these notes that of four animals inoculated with English redwater, two failed to react or to show piroplasms, and in the other two instances a reaction ensued, accompanied with the ...