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“Black-Quarter” in Sheep.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

T. W. Cave
Affiliation:
Professor of Veterinary Science in the South-Eastern Agricultural College, Wye, Kent.

Extract

At the beginning of 1902 I was asked to investigate the nature and causation of a disease of sheep, locally termed “struck,” with the hope of finding some suitable form of preventive treatment.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1905

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References

page 233 note 1 Annual Report of the Bureau of Animal Industry, U.S.A., for 1898.

page 234 note 1 Report of the Division of Veterinary Science of the New Zealand Department of Agriculture, 1904.

page 237 note 1 It is interesting to note that sheep owners insist that more sheep are “struck” on frosty nights in spring than at any other time.