DETECTION OF TRICHOMONIASIS AND ITS CONTROL
"Sterility and early abortion in dairy cows due to protozoan parasite Tricnomonads has been known to exist in New Zealand for a number of years," states Dr. J. F. Filmer, director of the Animal Research Division, in his annual report to the Department of Agriculture. “During the past few years there have been an increasing number of outbreaks showing the characteristic symptoms of trichomoniasis, but it has not been possible to discover the organism. "Recently, however, improved technique has enabled definite diagnosis of the disease in a number of dairy hord s and also in two beef herds. Control measures depend on destruction of infected bulls and periods of two to three months of sexual rest for cows. This should be relatively easy in dairy herds, but may prove very difficult in beef herds in the hill country, where cattle are not under close control.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22732, 2 September 1948, Page 6
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151DETECTION OF TRICHOMONIASIS AND ITS CONTROL Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22732, 2 September 1948, Page 6
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