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Down But Not Out [Milk Fever], F C. Wilkinson
Down But Not Out [Milk Fever], F C. Wilkinson
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
The five-year-old Jersey cow pictured had calved overnight.
In the previous year this cow had been the highest producer in the herd, so the farmer was very pleased to see she had produced a heifer calf.
Do You Know This Disease [Scabby Mouth], F C. Wilkinson
Do You Know This Disease [Scabby Mouth], F C. Wilkinson
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
This sheep is showing rather severe lesions of "scabby mouth" a disease widely distributed in both the pastoral and agricultural areas.
A Sick Ewe Why? [Pregnancy Toxaemia], F C. Wilkinson
A Sick Ewe Why? [Pregnancy Toxaemia], F C. Wilkinson
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
THIS dazed-looking ewe was seen wandering aimlessly around with an unsteady gait.
Three other ewes had died after a similar sickness lasting about four days.
Two more sheep in the flock of 350 ewes were also sick. One of them was down with its head on one side.
Alive-Stiff-Dead [Tetanus], F C. Wilkinson
Alive-Stiff-Dead [Tetanus], F C. Wilkinson
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Only 12 hours before this photograph was taken the lamb pictured was alive and healthy.
When examined it was very stiff and unable to stand. A few hours later it was dead.
Down And Out [Pulpy Kidney Disease], F C. Wilkinson
Down And Out [Pulpy Kidney Disease], F C. Wilkinson
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Two days previously the weaner mob had broken through a gate into a hundred acre paddock in which an excellent green oat crop was growing.
The owner had not been particularly worried because the oats needed grazing. When however, he went to check the water troughs and found 17 weaners dead, he became perturbed.