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Pullorum Tested Poultry Flocks, 1965, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Pullorum Tested Poultry Flocks, 1965, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
PULLORUM disease has been virtually eliminated from breeding and hatchery poultry flocks in Western Australia by the annual blood-testing of all birds and the destruction of reactors.
Pullorum Tested Poultry Flocks : 1963, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Pullorum Tested Poultry Flocks : 1963, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
PULLORUM disease has been virtually eliminated from breeding and hatchery poultry flocks in Western Australia by the annual blood-testing of all birds and the destruction of reactors.
Only 222 reactors were found in a total of 170,474 birds tested this season—an incidence of infection of only 0.13 per cent.
Pullorum Tested Poultry Flocks : 1961, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Pullorum Tested Poultry Flocks : 1961, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
THIS year's pullorum tests of poultry flocks have revealed the lowest incidence of reactors since the tests began. Results are recorded below.
A Survey Of The Incidence Of Lupinosis In Sheep In The Dandaragan District In 1959, H G. Neil, W. J. Toms, C. M. Ralph
A Survey Of The Incidence Of Lupinosis In Sheep In The Dandaragan District In 1959, H G. Neil, W. J. Toms, C. M. Ralph
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
FOLLOWING widespread losses of sheep grazing on dry lupins, a survey of flockowners' experience with the disease was made by the Department of Agriculture in one of the districts most affected.
The idea of a survey originated from discussions with the President, Mr. K. E. Jones, and several other members of the Dandaragan Pasture Improvement Group.
The information obtained from the survey has provided a valuable factual basis for the design of laboratory and field experiments.
Pullorum-Tested Poultry Flocks : 1960, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Pullorum-Tested Poultry Flocks : 1960, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
EARLY in 1955, an amendment to the Stock Diseases Act made blood-testing compulsory for all commercial breeding and hatchery flocks of poultry, and it was required that the incidence of infection, as determined by the last test prior to the commencement of hatching, must be less than two per cent.