CAMPAIGN VERSUS FOOT-ROT OFFER BY VETERINARY CLUB

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22817, 11 December 1948, Page 8

CAMPAIGN VERSUS FOOT-ROT OFFER BY VETERINARY CLUB

A campaign against foot-rot will be launched on properties of interested farmers this season by veterinarians ot the Gisborne Veterinary Club, and a

j recent message to members draws at- ! tention to the need for farmers desiri ing to have clean properties to commuj nicate with the club as soon as possible. I The senior veterinarian, Mr. R. Crawj ford, stated that over the past 10 years the germs causing foot-rot had been | discovered, and many important facts

concerning them were known. "If there arc members who have properties on which foot-rot is a problem, and who are prepared to undertake an eradication programme to eliminate it, the veterinary staff will have limited time in January and February to super-

j vise (he first few days of the campaign, | and to advise on the necessary meai sures to ensure its success," stated Mr. | Crawford. It. was an entirely practical project . and was thoroughly recommended to : those who were willing to take considerable pains in one summer to be free of foot-rot thereafter. The need for urgency in contacting the veterinary staff, he said, was to check on facilities. , It may be necessary to install a new ! footbath in the yards, i Apart from freedom from lameness, ■ there was also the fact that in lame ■ ewes was found a high percentage of , those suffering from sleepy sickness ( and other spring troubles.