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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.
Hypocalcaemia In Sheep, J Craig
Hypocalcaemia In Sheep, J Craig
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Hypocalcaemia can cause trouble among in-lamb and lactating ewes, especially if they are grazing lush pasture or young cereal crops.
Dry sheep can also be affected. The disease can be confused with pregnancy toxaemia.
. . . A timely reminder issued by Senior Veterinary Surgeon J. Craig.
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.
Enterotoxaemia (Pulpy Kidney Disease), J Craig
Enterotoxaemia (Pulpy Kidney Disease), J Craig
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
ENTEROTOXAEMIA, or pulpy kidney disease, is found in all areas of the world where sheep are raised and has occurred in Western Australia for many years, particularly in the great southern districts.
At one time it was known as "Beverley sheep disease."
The infectious nature of enterotoxaemia was first described by Bennets in 1932.