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Can Worms Be Controlled By Correct Feeding?, Laurence C. Snook
Can Worms Be Controlled By Correct Feeding?, Laurence C. Snook
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
THE extensive losses which result from the ravages of internal parasites are a matter of serious concern.
Livestock owners realise this all too well and welcome advice concerning control measures which can be adopted. Unfortunately, it is not possible to give clear cut advice on the subject.
Much publicity is given to the use of drugs which will expel the worms. Various systems of strategic drenching have been developed.
It is well to remember, however, that drenching is only one of many methods which can be used to control worm infestation.
In this talk attention will be concentrated on experimental …
Lambing Problems In Summer Rainfall Areas, H Suijdendorp
Lambing Problems In Summer Rainfall Areas, H Suijdendorp
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
LOW lambing percentages have become a serious problem in the summer rainfall areas in the North-West of Western Australia.
Largely as a result of poor nutrition of the lambing ewes, lamb marking figures have fallen to the stage where keeping up stock numbers is extremely difficult.
White Muscle Disease Of Sheep : Symptoms And Pathology, M R. Gardiner
White Muscle Disease Of Sheep : Symptoms And Pathology, M R. Gardiner
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
WHITE Muscle Disease (WMD) was recognised for the first time in Western Australian sheep during the winter of 1960.
The first outbreak occurred on a property in the South Stirling district in the middle of July and this was followed by outbreaks in August, September and early October, at Mayanup, Kendenup, Mt. Barker, Duranillin, Kojonup, South Stirling and Pinjarra.