Annual report of the Veterinary Department, Sudan Government.

  • Sudan. Veterinary Department.
Date:
[1934]
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Credit: Annual report of the Veterinary Department, Sudan Government. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A n t h r a x One hundred and twenty Districts of Kassala Province md the be ginning of recent r called by the natives Anaba ! c a111 e d ie d in thc tct'j■:.cn the end. of Iron a group of sy I ine to d< lay Southern 8c p tc her T- T l r O ‘•I- • ^ in r< port¬ ing the outbreaks it was only possible to ottain Hood swears from the carcases of two beasts Urn Dereisa. Both showed a thrax baci Kassa1a Frovinee; Insp ec tor, although certain be ins: the of which died, at li. The Y‘ ter.inary is of the opinion that the clinical symp toms point tc ar. thrax as deaths, yet he is doubtful if this was actually the case, as no young stock died no cases occurred amongst the native herdsmen and, also, smears t a. :ause of all ken from cattle outbreaks from the so-callsc naplasmosis an wmen nae o.iect m previous Arriba” disease showed, theilemiosis but not anthrax bacilli O’ Cases of psoroptio mange continue d to occur amongst plough oxen in the Gezira area., Blue Bile province. T;.e sale for butchering of all detec*tc- cases is considered more economical than their treatment. I. IO 77' Q A: o ^ lOA kJ OP CAMELS T r ypanosomiasis The numbers of cases which occurred in the Camel CO'.pani s of the 3udan Befence Force stationed in Kassa.la and Kord afan Provinces tcre above the average. This may be attributed to the exceptionally heavy rainfall experienced in these Provinces during 1 Hh being favourable i or the propagation of large numbers of seroot lily. .Diagnosis by the T£ercurie by Fuganol injections have made in camels so effective that th- ti-ypanosomiasis in the total oi. to 1*8 per 9 pe r cent. in 1 - 2 j That Faganol t : Chloride test and treatment the control of trypanosomiasit pc i1 ccntage of lost d e a 111 s ha s f a 11 c n cent, in 1 0 u‘. . from from rea t/nent co: it inuc s the native camel-owners is lisbb a Kassala, Jung and Blue ; ju I ravin ' of native camels is carried .rat < n ay camels ;ere highest rn to find favour with — j i. ien brought ut. for tre atc.ent v—' j, :r so far records '! Du any e fa c t t fJ at in which t 1 at m e n t ' '• L *. of the i r ng the 0 w .ar; the ale ye 3IP o