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Recent Research On Cattle Worms : Research Round-Up, F C. Wilkinson, G. De Chaneet
Recent Research On Cattle Worms : Research Round-Up, F C. Wilkinson, G. De Chaneet
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Summary of research carried out on cattle worms.
Ryegrass Disease Could Spread, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Ryegrass Disease Could Spread, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
The disease annual ryegrass toxicity kills sheep and cattle grazing pastures which contain infected annual ryegrass. In Western Australia the first confirmed outbreak was in 1968 in the Gnowangerup area.
The disease has noe spread over a range of 450 kilometres and with a total area of perhaps 100 000 hectares. because annual ryegrass is the major sown pasture grass in W.A. the disease could spread throughout the South-West.
There are some precautions that can be taken.