FIGHTING DISTEMPER

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 141, 1 July 1937, Page 10

FIGHTING DISTEMPER

-Pr6ss Aasociation.)

Work in Hawke's Bay

(By Teleuraplv

WELLINGTON, Last Night. Chat only tubercular-tested cowi' . should be used to suppply milk Iot human eonsumption is the opinion of the New Zealand Yeterinary Assoeiation, which pasesd a motion on the subject at the conference which concluded in Welilngton to-day. A copy of the resclution is to be sent to munieipal corporations. The conference expressed , entire , approval of the Bill concerning the registration of draught stallions and dfecided to convey that opinion to the Clydesdale Society. Mr. A.- M. Brodie (Hastings) said that with the cessation of horse breeding there had been an amazing degtoeratjon in horses in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand had iost its experts to Australia, which was going to Scotland for stallions instead. "It is confidently hoped it will be on!y a short time before the veterinary profession will be in a position to copa with distemper and to prevent the great losses caused in the dog world by this disease," said Mr. Brodie outlining work which had been carried out in Hawke's Bay iu innoculating dogs wilh serum virus to prevent distemper. One difficulty had been ovcrcomo when it was discovered that virus travelling in cold storage from England retained potencv for six weelts on arrival in New Zealand. "As in all virus diseases there jis no hope of obtaining 100 pericent. efficiency through innoculation, bu| wo believe this method, which is 6pirly casilv appliedr will give 80 pericent efficiency," Mr. Brodie 'OTif]ud*|