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THE VETERINARY INSPECTOR YEAR BOOK
1958 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Cancer in Sheep
P. D. CARTER, B.V.Sc., Veterinary Inspector, Coonabarabran
During the late summer and autumn of 1958, instances of unusually high Cancer incidence among sheep was observed
on the north-west black soil plains in the Burren Junction area ... Read More
Pneumonia in Sheep
D. H. MUMFORD, B.V.Sc., Veterinary Inspector, Dubbo
A pneumonia in sheep has been encountered in the Dubbo District affecting, in the great majority of cases, sheep
of the British breeds ... Read More
Factors Affecting Fertility of Rams and Ewes and Survival of New-born Lambs
V. G. COLE, B.V.Sc., Veterinary Surgeon, Grazcos, Sydney
The following is a summary of the sort of working knowledge the veterinarian needs in dealing with the important
problem of fertility of sheep ... Read
More
Abnormalities of Testes — Merino Rams
E. A. M. FARLEIGH, B.V.Sc., Veterinary Inspector, Glen Innes
A total of 84 rams were examined on six properties, and seven animals suffering some abnormality ... Read More
Ovine Coccidiosis
D. J. WALKER, B.V.Sc., Veterinary Inspector, Armidale
In recent years, since phenothiazine has been used widely as an anthelmintic and improved pastures have removed
major nutritional stresses, it has become increasingly evident that an additional factor was causing far more loss
than had previously been realised ... Read
More
The Use of Urea as a Nitrogen Supplement in Sheep Nutrition; and Urea Poisoning
E. J. McBARRON, B.V.Sc., Special Veterinary Research Officer (Nutrition), Glenfield Veterinary Research
Station
Urea is a synthetic compound containing 46 per cent, nitrogen; now widely used as a fertiliser. It also has
a use in ruminant nutrition as a substitute for feed protein, with a marked advantage of being ... Read More
Listeriosis
P. T. DIPLOCK, B.V.Sc., Veterinary Inspector, Mudgee
Following a survey of the available literature, one is left with a definite impression that Listeriosis is a
disease which is considerably more widespread than the few reports of its occurrence would suggest ... Read More
Grain Poisoning with Sheep Nuts
D. J. WALKER, B.V.Sc., Veterinary Inspector, Armidale
Reference to grain poisoning invariably brings to mind death of animals from engorgement with wheat or other
cereal grain; the result of failure to ensure that each individual eats its proper share of a large quantity of
feed placed before ... Read More
Infertility in Sheep on Sub. Clover
E. R. TUOHY, B.V.Sc., Veterinary Inspector, Wagga
Infertility disease in sheep grazing on Subterranean Clover assumed some importance in the Wagga district during
the years 1955 and 1956; reaching its peak of incidence at this time, due probably mainly to eminently suitable
weather conditions ... Read More
Blue Tongue
N. K. GOLDING, B.V.Sc., Principal Veterinary Officer, Department of Agriculture, N.S.W.
Blue Tongue is an acute, infectious disease, primarily of sheep, but it affects also, to a lesser extent, cattle
and goats ... Read More
Skin Scrapings in Itch Mite Infestations
C. D. GEE, B.V.Sc., Veterinary Inspector, Condobolin
On occasions veterinary field officers have found themselves in the position of being asked to examine sheep for
Psorergates infestation; and of not having curved scissors and scalpel blades with them ... Read More
Necrobacillosis of the Tongue in Sheep
P. T. DIPLOCK, B.V.Sc., Veterinary Inspector, Mudgee
During a visit to the property of a district landholder early in May, 1956, and on another matter, the case of a
stud ram was mentioned, which some six weeks previously had commenced losing its cud and salivating ... Read More
On Bovine Venereal Infections, with Special Reference to Diagnostic Tests and Specimens
H. E. R. BEATTIE, B.V.Sc., H.D.A., Veterinary Research Station, Glenfield
Increasing interest in Trichomoniasis and Vibriosis unfortunately seems often to be accompanied by a reduction in
attention to the diagnosis of Brucellosis ... Read More
Hormones and Their Application in Fattening Stock
LLOYD G. WILLIAMS, B.V.Sc., M.S. (Oregon), Special Veterinary Research Officer (Beef Cattle), N.S.W. Department
of Agriculture (Leeton Experiment Farm)
During the last decade, increasing interest has been shown in the use of synthetic oestrogens and androgens for
stimulating the growth and fattening of beef cattle and sheep ... Read More
Pasteurellosis (Cattle) and C. Pyogenes (Sheep)
J. H. IRVINE, B.V.Sc., Veterinary Inspector, Bathurst
Shortly after the commencement of a widespread Pleuro-Pneumonia outbreak early in 1957, a phone call was received
from a stock-owner in the Spring Hill area reporting a suspected case of Pleuro-Pneumonia ... Read More
Case Reports
G. CHARLES, B.V.Sc., Veterinary Inspector, Forbes
Whether this animal was suffering from a type of conditioned reflex or an outright fear complex would be hard to
say, and little information on the occurrence of such behaviour patterns in animals is available ... Read More
Hypomagnesaemia in Cattle
J. H. IRVINE, B.V.Sc., Veterinary Inspector, Bathurst
. The condition affected both beef and dairy cattle, and whilst in the former it usually was acute and
uncomplicated, most cases in dairy cattle were complicated by acetonaemia and hypocalcaemia ... Read More
The Part of the Veterinary Surgeon in the Future of Animal Management in Australia
G. C. BRANDER, B.Sc., M.R.C.V.S., Technical Director, William Cooper & Nephews (Aust.) Pty. Ltd.
How well then is the Australian veterinary profession geared to provide the services which I have just described?
Compared with its U.K. counterpart it is relatively poorly prepared ... Read More
E - The Unique Vitamin
J. N. KIDMAN, SYDNEY
Vitamin E is unique among vitamins for the variety of undesirable manifestations observed when it is absent from
the animal diet ... Read More