Annual report of the Veterinary Department, Sudan Government.

  • Sudan. Veterinary Department.
Date:
[1929]
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Credit: Annual report of the Veterinary Department, Sudan Government. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A. STAFF. Veterinary Research Officer. Held by myself throughout the year. Asst. Veterinary Research Officer. Vacant throughout the year. Mr. A. B. MacIntyre, Veterinary Inspector, was attached to the Laboratory from the beginning of the year until October 2nd and again from December 26th until the end of the year. Laboratory Assistant. Mr. P. A. C. Kenny held the post throughout the year. For approximately seven months during the year I was absent from the Laboratory ; from mid-February to mid-March in the Upper Nile Province in connection with cattle plague antiserum production, and from early April until the end of September on leave and attending the Pan-African Veterinary and Agricultural Conferences in Pretoria. Mr. MacIntyre was absent from mid-February until the end of May in the Upper Nile Province preparing cattle plague anti-serum. From early April until the end of May, Mr. Kenny was in charge of the Khartoum Laboratory. B. ROUTINE WORK. The main sections of routine work have been, the examination of specimens submitted for diagnosis, the manufacture and issue of contagious bovine pleuro¬ pneumonia vaccine, the manufacture of cattle plague anti-serum—issues being made through the Veterinary Stores—and the issue of testing apparatus and Naganol and collection of records in connection with the control of camel trypanosomiasis. I. Examination of Specimens. A total of 659 specimens has been examined, exclusive of such as have been examined in connection with Laboratory work, and of entomological and helminthological materials which are always passed on for special examination. The following list constitutes a statement of diagnoses under headings of animal species.