Foot-Rot In Sheep Can Be Eliminated Treated Properly
There is no doubt that any farmer who has sheep-proof fences can eradicate foot-rot from his property, states the annual report of the New Zealand Department of Agriculture. Extreme care and a good of hard work are involved, improvement in condition and production of the sheep and the elimination of the continuous foot-rot treatment would make the effort well worth while. Foot-rot was eliminated from the Manutuke Research Station in January, 1947, and no other cases occurred until June, 1948, when the disease was reintroduced. It was again eliminated in January, 1949, and there has been no recurrence of the disease, despite the intrgduction of several new lots of sheep with from 10 to 25 per cent of foot-rot. Strict quarantine procedures were adopted and no sheep was allowed into the paddocks until its feet had been inspected and pronounced completely free from foot-rot. The disease has now also been eliminated from Wallaceville Animal Research Station.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 15, Issue 19, 7 August 1950, Page 7
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