Veterinary: Animals

Date:
c.1950- c.1990
Reference:
WF/M/I/PR/V1
Part of:
Wellcome Foundation Ltd
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Description

This material includes material from Cooper McDougall & Robertson Ltd. as well as Wellcome Veterinary. Folder 1.Cattle- spraying cattle with Stomoxin; cow suffering from heavy tick infestation; cattle dipping; Cooper Cattle Spray Race for treating cows with insecticide; Gamatox super fluid livestock dip and spray, mixing of solution; Scotch Beef shorthorns being dipped on a Suffolk farm; The Machakos dip bath. Folder 2 Cattle- administering Loxon Pellets- wormer for cattle and sheep; dosing a calf with Tribrissen tablets; cattle being treated with Wellcome's Systamex 906; use of flexipack to administer Systamex; application of Warble Fly Liquid pre-1979; colour negatives of cattle inoculation; field trail of insecticide 'Stomoxin' for control of flies sprayed on cattle; artists impression of warble fly.Folder 3.Cattle- Coopers products laid out in display on farm ground; diary hygiene includes the disinfection of the diary; boots, vehicles, wall and floor scrubbing with disinfectant; storage areas housing Sanatank and Rinsan; Chemists in laboratories; bulk tank in operation and during cleaning; Mastitis test kit in use.Folder 4.Cats- Fiovax inoculations and Fiovax fact finder information.Folder 5.Dogs- inoculation with Epivax; Cruft's Dog Show, street scene with 'Epivax- T. C. makes the world a safer place for dogs', street banner; Epivax packaging and vials of; 'Trivetrin', antibacterial injection being given to a hound dog; ' World Cup Winner Winston, mascot of the England Football Team is injected with Epivax, 1970'; Pulvex powder being sprinkled on a spaniel; treating ear condition in a dog; medicating a dog with Temadex cream; promotional advertising for protection from fleas, 'The first range to cure the seven day itch' - Wellcare flea control from Wellcome.Folder 6.Horses- injection of a Wellcome vaccine against tetanus specially formulated for racehorses; detail of vial of Thorvax being drawn into a syringe and image of 2 horses in field and woman administering medicine to a horse.Folder 7.Pigs- Administering Tribrissen- piglet suspension antibacterial; sow and suckling piglets; sow inoculated with 'Gletvax' K88 against E Coli infection; Loxon Premix - wormer for bulk feed medication of pig, poultry, cattle and sheep, being given to pigs in pellet form.Folder 8.Poultry- Marek's Disease Vaccine, 'Marivax' being dispatched from Wellcome Research Laboratories, c. 1970; production and packaging of 'Iltovax' and 'Marivax' poultry vaccine; injecting chicken with vaccine; applying drops of 'Iltovax' to chickens; Harvesting of Allantoic Fluid from eggs infected 3 days previously with a mild strain (F) of N.D. Virus. Monochrome negatives accompany the prints.Folder 9.Sheep Dipping-various images of the dipping of sheep in coopers sheep Swim baths; making up the sheep dip solution; good dipping standards-good drainage of sheep; not overcrowding pens; sheep being sprayed with Cooper-Allman Spray Race and leaving the Spray Race. There are 2 monochrome negatives relating to prints.Folder 10.Sheep Dosing- 'Coriban', Wellcome's flukicide is administered to prevent acute liver fluke disease; D Roberts demonstrates paste dosing sheep; Loxon paste gun dosing of sheep against worms, dosing via 'Varidoser'gun; use of Loxon pellet being given to sheep; a sheep being dosed with 'Systamex'; colour negatives for Systamex story, Foundation News- Jan/Feb. 1983.Folder 11.Sheep shearing- various images of shearing include an Australian Wool Shed; sheep shearing competitions; group shots of shearers-unidentified; a shearing instructors' refresher course held at the Cooper Field Research Station at Berkhamsted; Shorn sheep, Cooper Field Research Station, c. 1935; "Old Shep" shearing on the Cooper Field Research Station; Shearing machine for wool sheep; Westmorland, the Kentmere Hall shearing c.1937.Folder 12.Sheep Vaccinations- for Orf; vet. demonstrates the correct way to vaccinate sheep; various other images of sheep being vaccinated; old and new foot rot treatment, 2 injections as opposed to the old method of paring and cutting feet, c.1971; demonstration of the 'Omnivax' system of vaccination; method of drawing up vaccination and sterilization of syringes; 'Covexin' sheep vaccine administration; Sheepwalk Foundation News, Dec. 1983, colour images taken of Television South West film crew shooting footage as sheep were being prepared for dipping against sheep scab. Some other images of sheep in field.Folder 13.Zoo Animals- Dosing Alpacas for worm control in Peru; Giraffes; animal being operated in theatre; administering Protogest to a Whale at Cleethorpes Zoo, c. 1970.See also WF/C/M/PH

Publication/Creation

c.1950- c.1990

Physical description

13 Items Monochrome and colour photographs and negatives

Arrangement

Alphabetcial by subject

Related material

See also WF/C/M/PH

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Copyright assigned to the Wellcome Trust

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