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A SEROLOGICAL SURVEY FOR BLUETONGUE VIRUS ANTIBODY IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Authors: Coackley W. , Smith V. W. , Maker D. 
Published: March 2008

SUMMARY A serological survey was carried out to detect specific (serotype 20) and group bluetongue virus antibody in cattle and sheep serums collected in Western Australia during the period January 1 1978 to June 30 1979. Of 18,849 cattle serums examined by the gel diffusion precipitin test (GDPT), 9.7% were positive and 6.1% gave doubtful results. All 1949 sheep serums tested were negative. Precipitin antibody was demonstrated in 22.5% of serums from Kimberley cattle and in 3.6% of cattle serums from the Northwest. Serums collected from cattle in the South were consistently negative in the GDPT.When 915 serums that reacted in the GDPT were further tested by the complement fixation test (CFT), 164 were positive. The percentage of CFT positive serums increased as the GDPT reaction became stronger.Of 2467 serums collected from cattle in the Kimberley and Northwest areas and tested by the CFT, 175 (7.1%) were positive. These 175 positive serums were also examined by GDPT and 164 doubtful or positive reactions were obtained.The virus neutralisation test (VNT) using serotype 20 virus was carried out on 3804 serums, including all serums that reacted in the GDPT, and 57 were positive. When the VNT positive serums were examined in the other 2 tests, 47 serums were either positive or doubtful in the GDPT and 8 were positive in the CFT.The presence of bluetongue virus group antibody in cattle serums closely followed the suggested distribution pattern of Culicoides brevitarsis but specific serotype 20 neutralising antibody was limited to cattle serums from stations situated north of latitude 17 in an area of mean annual rainfall higher than 700 mm.
PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS ON THE REMOVAL OF TAENIA SAGINATA EGGS FROM SEWAGE USING VARIOUS TREATMENT PROCESSES
Authors: Arundel J. H. , Adolph A. J. 
Published: March 2008

SUMMARY Cattle were grazed for four months on pasture irrigated by effluent from activated sludge plants, a trickling filter plant, from a lagooning process or with raw sewage, and then killed and their heart, diaphragm, tongue, and muscles of their head and one forelimb were sliced and examined for Cysticercus bovis. None of the cattle grazed on pasture irrigated with effluent from lagooning were infected compared with 3.3% from the trickling filter plant, 9.0% and 12.5% from the two activated sludge plants and 30.0% of cattle on pastures irrigated with raw sewage. Of the 40 control calves killed at the time the test calves were placed on the various pastures, 2.5% were infected.It appears that modern sewage purification methods do not efficiently remove Taenia saginata from the final effluent and that prolonged settling is necessary before effluent is used to irrigate cattle pastures if C. bovis infection is to be reduced to very low levels.
THE RESPONSE OF AUSTRALIAN CHICKENS NATURALLY INFECTED WITH AVIRULENT NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS TO CHALLENGE WITH VELOGENIC NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS
Authors: Spradbrow P.B. , Ibrahim A. L. , Chulan Ungku , Milliken G. , Shapcott R. , Kingston D. 
Published: March 2008

SUMMARY Sixty‐eight breeder chickens, 4 to 12 months of age, were taken from Australian flocks that had been naturally infected with avirulent Newcastle disease virus (NDV) and transported by air to Malaysia. Nearly all the breeders had haemagglutination inhibition antibodies to NDV, at titres of from 2 to 128. Thirty‐two were inoculated intranasally with an Asian, velogenic, viscerotropic strain of NDV and all survived this challenge. Thirty‐six were exposed to contact infection with the same velogenic NDV and 2 died of Newcastle disease within 14 days. The levels of haemagglutination inhibition antibodies against NDV increased in the surviving breeders after challenge, reaching 2048 or greater in a few birds. Velogenic NDV was isolated from a cloacal swab from one clinically normal breeder 10 days after challenge by contact. Cloacal swabs taken 7 to 10 days after challenge from another 23 breeders yielded no NDV.Twenty‐four broilers, 7 weeks of age, were also transported from Australia to Malaysia. All lacked detectable haemagglutination inhibition antibody to NDV and they were from a flock with no detectable antibody to NDV. Twelve were challenged with velogenic NDV intranasally and 12 were subjected to contact challenge. All broilers died of Newcastle disease within 13 days.
PRODUCTION EFFECTS OF LIVER FLUKE (FASCIOLA HEPATICA) INFECTION IN BEEF CATTLE
Authors: Chick B. F. , Coverdale O. R. , Jackson A. R. B. 
Published: March 2008

SUMMARY Young Hereford steers of even body weights were grazed on pasture at 2 levels of stocking rate and artificially infected with 0, 600 or 1,200 metacercariae of Fasciola hepatica. In addition all groups obtained a low grade natural infection.Steers were slaughtered at intervals throughout the 32‐week trial period and total fluke counts obtained. Fluke counts were significantly higher in all artificially infected groups when compared to the natural infection alone groups with the exception of the 600 metacercariae group during the 12 to 32‐week analysis period. There were no significant differences between counts in steers in the 2 nutritional regimes.Rates of growth were significantly reduced by 14.7% and 14.1% in steers receiving a superimposed artificial infection rate of 1200 metacercariae and grazed at 3.54 beasts/hectare and 4.39 beasts/hectare respectively. Similarly group body weights were depressed 3% and 20% in steers receiving 600 metacercariae and grazed at 3.54 beasts/hectare and 4.39 beasts/hectare respectively. There was a significant interaction between level of nutrition and size of artificial infection on body weight changes in the first 12‐week period.
EFFECT OF SUBCUTANEOUS IMPLANTS OF ZERANOL ON WEIGHT GAINS OF CASTRATED CATTLE AT PASTURE†
Authors: Sammons R. 
Published: March 2008

SUMMARY Eight experiments involving a total of 480 castrated cattle grazing Australian pastures were conducted to assess the effect of subcutaneous implants of 36 mg zeranol on weight gain. A wide range of cattle ages, bodyweights and environmental and nutritional conditions was involved. Growth rates of untreated cattle ranged from minus 0.15 kg/day over 90 days to 1.23 kg/day over 52 days.In 5 experiments treated cattle were implanted at the commencement of the experiment only. The other 3 experiments compared responses to early, late and early plus late implantation.Weight gains from a single implantation ranged from 4.6 kg over 70 days to 16.8 kg over 60 days—an average increase in growth rate of 13.5%. Repeating implantation at a later date increased growth rate further and provided greater gains than a single implantation whether applied early or late.Carcase weights were measured in 2 experiments. In one, weight was increased by 7.2 kg (P < 0.01). In the other, cattle in both implanted and control groups lost weight over the duration of the experiment. Whilst the bodyweight of implanted cattle was less than that of untreated cattle the carcase weight of implanted cattle was 2.4 kg greater than for control cattle. Neither of these differences was significant (P > 0.10). No side effects were noted in any of the treated cattle.
AEROSOL VACCINATION OF CHICKENS WITH THE V4 STRAIN OF NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS
Authors: Schalkoort R. , Spradbrow P. B. 
Published: March 2008

SUMMARY Two‐week‐old chickens, free of detectable maternal antibody to Newcastle disease virus (NDV), or with low levels of maternal antibody, were vaccinated with the V4 strain of NDV. Haemagglutination inhibition (HI) antibodies were determined at intervals after vaccination.Two hundred chickens were vaccinated by exposure to an aerosol, a dose of 106 50% embryo infectious doses (EID50) being allowed per chicken. Forty unvaccinated chickens were placed in direct contact with vaccinated chickens. Most of the vaccinated chickens and the incontact chickens had developed HI antibodies of titre ≥ 8 within 2 weeks of vaccination. The HI antibodies in many chickens persisted for at least 8 weeks. Control chickens in a shed 15 metres from the shed containing the vaccinated chickens did not develop HI antibodies to NDV. NDV could be isolated from some vaccinated chickens for 15 days after vaccination.An aerosol dose of 105EID50 per chicken failed to induce a serological response in 2 groups of 40 chickens each. HI antibodies were produced in 1 of 2 groups, each of 40 chickens, vaccinated with 106EID50 and in both of 2 groups of 40 chickens each vaccinated with 107EID50.Duplicate groups of 40 chickens were vaccinated with 106EID50 of V4 virus per chicken administered either as an aerosol, a coarse spray or a droplet placed in the conjunctival sac. HI antibodies were produced in all the groups of chickens.
THE ROLE OF BIRTH IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF MENINGEAL HAEMORRHAGE AND CONGESTION IN NEWBORN LAMBS
Authors: Haughey K. G. 
Published: March 2008

SUMMARY: In a controlled experiment, term lambs born of caesarean sacrifice, normal or artificially prolonged birth were examined at autopsy to determine the role of vaginal birth in the pathogenesis of presumed birth injury to the fetal CNS characterised by subdural and extradural haemorrhage, subarachnoid haemorrhage and congestion, and blood‐stained cerebrospinal fluid in and around the cranial and spinal meninges of lambs dying during or within 7 days of birth. Additional material, comprising near‐term fetuses, was examined at an abattoir to determine the prevalence of meningeal lesions in unborn fetuses.Mean durations of parturition in the caesarean‐born controls, natural and artifically‐delayed vaginal deliveries were 0 min., 56 min., and 185 min. respectively. The experimental treatments influenced the frequency of cranial lesions only. Single lambs were more prone to injury than twin lambs. The incidence of affected lambs in delayed births was 8.9 times higher than that in caesarean births and 1.7 times higher than that in normal births. Within the delayed group the incidence of affected single lambs in the subgroups was similar despite wide differences in the nature of parturition. It was concluded that the induced lesions resembled those associated with the perinatal mortality of livestock and infants and that pathogenetic variables included interactions between the duration and the vigour of the birth process. Repeated stretching and relaxation of the rostral fetal cranio‐vertebral skeleton during Stage 2 labour may be involved in pathogenesis. At that stage of delivery, the fetus is relatively fixed because the chest and shoulders have firmly engaged the pelvic inlet, while the head and neck are exposed to the lower pressure of the vagina and atmosphere. Intrafetal pressure is hydrostatically continuous with intrauterine pressure which is higher than atmospheric pressure. Rises in intrauterine pressure due to labour are probably transmitted hydraululically to the fetal cranio‐vertebral canal leading to stretching of the head and neck. Because the fetal CNS is firmly anchored to the cranio‐vertebral skeleton such movement may set up the shearing action necessary to rupture small vessels in the cranial and cervical meninges.
SEASONAL AVAILABILITY OF NEMATODE LARVAE ON PASTURES GRAZED BY CATTLE IN NEW SOUTH WALES
Authors: Smeal M. G. , Robinson G. G. , Fraser G. C. 
Published: March 2008

Trends in the numbers of infective nematode larvae on pasture plots contaminated by cattle at different seasons of the year were defined in 3 different climatic regions. The main nematodes were Ostertagia ostertagi, Trichostrongylus spp, Haemonchus spp and Cooperia spp.On the North Coast of New South Wales with a sub‐tropical climate, the numbers of infective larvae of all 4 nematodes rose rapidly to peak levels soon after each seasonal period of contamination began, then fell quickly within a few months. On the Central Coast of New South Wales, the trends were similar to those on the North Coast, except that the larvae persisted on the pasture for a much longer time. On the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales, where temperatures were much colder than on the coast, larval development was slower and major peaks of larval availability did not occur until early spring. These different seasonal trends in each region were considered to be related to the climatic differences between the regions.On pastures which were contaminated continuously, larval numbers reached maximum levels in mid‐winter on the Central Coast and in early spring on the Northern Tablelands. It was concluded that the majority of these larvae were derived from the contamination of pastures in autumn and winter. Subsequently in summer, a rapid dying out of larvae was observed in all the regions, probably due to the effect of hotter weather.The studies suggest that a reduction in the contamination of pasture with nematode eggs in autumn and winter could result in pastures carrying fewer larvae and thus form the basis of effective worm control programs for cattle.
LOW RELEASE OF SELENIUM FROM RECOVERED RUMINAL PELLETS
Authors: Wilkins J. F. , Hamilton B. A. 
Published: March 2008

The effectiveness of selenium pellets in grazing Merino sheep was examined by comparing the selenium status of treated and untreated animals over a 13 month period. The selenium status of treated sheep, as measured by blood glutathione peroxidase levels, had reached a maximum 3 months after treatment and there was a marked decline between 5 and 13 months. All pellets were recovered from treated sheep at slaughter this confirmed that the observed decline was not due to a loss of pellets.In a separate study sheep were slaughtered 14 months after treatment and some of the recovered pellets were readministered to sheep maintained on a low selenium diet. The selenium status of the sheep receiving recovered pellets remained low. This bioassay technique indicated that there was little available selenium released from these pellets. The selenium status of sheep given previously unused pellets was declining after 18 weeks.
OEDEMA DISEASE IN CHICKENS CAUSED BY MEXICAN POPPY (ARGEMONE MEXICANA) SEED
Authors: Norton J. H. , O'Rourke P. K. 
Published: March 2008

Ground Mexican poppy (Argemone mexicana) seed produced growth depression, oedema and death when fed at 1% and 3% of a basal ration to day‐old, layer strain, cockerel chickens. The mortality rate was increased by raising the sodium chloride content of the basal ration from 0.18% to 1.68%.Clinical signs consisted of subcutaneous oedema, a high pitched chirp and terminal gasping. Hydropericardium, oedema of the lungs, and subcutaneous oedema of the thorax, abdomen, wings, neck and throat were the major lesions. Foci of calcification were present in the ventricular myocardium of some chickens fed 3%A. mexicana.
ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY AND HAEMATOLOGY OF HORSES COMPETING IN A THREE‐DAY EVENT
Authors: Rose R. J. , Backhouse J. W. , Ilkiw J. E. 
Published: March 2008

The electrocardiograms of 22 horses competing in a 3‐day event were recorded before and after the event. In addition, blood samples were taken for determination of packed cell volume and total plasma protein before, during and after the speed and endurance phases (Day 2).The electrocardiograms of 13 horses showed various abnormalities before the event, most of which were T wave changes. As a result of competition in the event, there was a significant increase in the number of leads showing T wave abnormalities when the electrocardiograms taken before and after the event were compared. At all times measurements were taken there were significant increases in packed cell volume and total plasma protein over values obtained prior to the event.
AN ABATTOIR SURVEY OF TUBERCULOSIS IN FERAL BUFFALOES
Authors: Hein W. R. , Tomasovic A. A. 
Published: March 2008

SUMMARYTuberculosis lesions were found in 193 (1.7%) of 11,322 buffaloes examined during routine post‐mortem inspection at 2 export abattoirs. The prevalence of tuberculosis in buffaloes supplied from 17 separate farms ranged from 0.3% to 8.22%, with the highest levels occurring on the coastal plains. Lesions were confined to one major body region in 50 of 72 randomly chosen cases of tuberculosis and to 2 or more regions in 22 cases. Thoracic lesions occurred in 65 of the 72 cases, abdominal lesions in 19, head lesions in 18 and carcase lesions in 9. In the thoracic cavity, lesions occurred most frequently in mediastinal and bronchial lymph nodes. In the head region the retropharyngeal lymph node was most frequently involved, in the abdominal cavity, the liver, and in the carcase, the deep inguinal lymph node. Tuberculosis lesions in buffaloes had a lardaceous consistency and were paler in colour and less calcified than those normally exhibited by cattle. Mycobacteria were isolated from 30 of 31 lesion samples submitted for bacteriological examination. Of the isolates, 25 were identified as Mycobacterium bovis, 3 as M. avium‐intracellulare‐scrofulaceum complex, one as M. fortuitum and one as M. flavescens. The M. bovis isolates from buffaloes showed minor cultural differences to those normally characteristic of bovine isolates.
GRANULOMATOUS MENINGOENCEPHALOMYELITIS IN A DOG
Authors: Glastonbury J. R. W. , Frauenfelder A. R. 
Published: March 2008

SUMMARYClinical and pathological findings in a 2.5‐year‐old speyed female dog with granulomatous meningoencephalomyelitis are described. The clinical course was progressive with the major neurological signs being referable to the posterior brain stem and cerebellum. Histological examination of the brain revealed a multifocal granulomatous meningoencephalitis predominantly associated with the blood vessels of the white matter.
A SURVEY OF PET OWNER VIEWS OF VETERINARIANS IN BRISBANE ENVIRONS—A BEHAVIOURAL APPROACH*
Authors: Chamala S. , Crouch B. R. 
Published: March 2008

SUMMARY Three hundred and thirty‐seven pet owners were interviewed by final‐year veterinary students from the University of Queensland, using a questionnaire prepared by the authors. The survey area included Brisbane city and suburbs and was conducted in 1977.The majority of respondents (52.5%) reported that the pets were owned by the family, while 24.6% claimed that pets were owned by individual adults only. Dogs and cats were the most popular pets. Of the respondents sampled, 51% changed their veterinarian while 46% reported that they had not changed their veterinarian. Satisfaction with the service, nearness of the service and personal liking were the major reasons for continuing to use the same veterinary surgeon. Nearly 40% of respondents used the veterinary service on the basis of recommendation of friends, relatives and other people who owned similar types of pets.According to the respondents, major qualities for a good veterinarian are: competence and knowledge (86.9%), compassion for animals (61.7%), professional approach (which includes good listening and explanation, the instillation of confidence, integrity and appearance) (57.4%), regard for owners and their feelings (46.3%), good surgery conditions (14.2%) and reasonable fees (12.8%). While professional competence was reported as one of the important qualities of a good veterinary service, the majority (51%) of them disagreed with the statement that professional competence is the only thing that matters in the care of pets and many other social and interpersonal factors influenced their attitude towards the veterinary service.The application of behavioural sciences to the veterinary profession is discussed.
MALIGNANT CATARRHAL FEVER IN FARMED RUSA DEER (CERVUS TIMORENSIS): 2. Animal Transmission and Virological Studies
Authors: Westbury H. A. , Denholm L. J. 
Published: March 2008

SUMMARY A disease with clinical signs and histological lesions similar to malignant catarrhal fever in cattle was transmitted from Rusa deer (Cervus timorensis) to rabbits. This was accomplished on 3 separate occasions, and the disease was serially passaged in rabbits up to 11 times.The clinical signs in affected rabbits were pyrexia, depression, anorexia, mucopurulent conjuctivitis, nasal discharge and diarrhoea. These signs were seen in 27 of 38 inoculated rabbits with the mean incubation period being 12 days (range 8 to 20 days). Histologically, affected rabbits exhibited mononuclear perivascular cuffing and vasculitis in the brain, heart, liver and kidney. Lymph nodes and spleen showed destruction and loss of mature lymphocytes and lymphoid follicles and an increased number of large lymphoblastoid cells. These clinical signs and lesions were not detected in control rabbits.The disease was not transmitted to cattle, sheep, guinea pigs or mice, nor was an agent isolated in cattle, deer or rabbit tissue cultures, or in chicken embryos.
Tick (Ixodes holocyclus) paralysis in the dog – quantitative studies on immunity following artificial infestation with the tick
Authors: STONE B. F. , NEISH A. L. , WRIGHT I. G. 
Published: March 2008

SUMMARY Beagles have been immunised against the paralysing effects of the Australian paralysis tick Ixodes holycyclus by allowing female ticks to feed on these dogs. Complete immunity to the toxic effects of lethal numbers of feeding ticks has persisted in these beagles for at least 53 weeks and in similarly‐immunised foxhounds for at least 102 weeks, during which periods the beagles and foxhounds were kept free of ticks.Serum antitoxin titres increased to a maximum value (hyperimmunity) of 46 antitoxin units/mL with a minimum number of 11 ticks feeding simultaneously. Titres declined to a low level after 12 to 14 weeks of freedom from tick infestation but increased again on reinfestation with ticks. Large numbers of ticks (up to 60) appeared to be required after several stimulation/relaxation cycles to obtain hyperimmune levels of antitoxin in serum.The serum antitoxin titre appeared to be a good indicator of effective immunity to tick paralysis during the initial development of hyperimmunity but was less indicative thereafter, as dogs whose serum antitoxin titres had reached an apparent maximum remained immune to tick paralysis after titres had decreased to low levels. There was no evidence of cutaneous hypersensitivity or any other tick rejection mechanism that could account for this effect.
Evaluation of surface components of Brucella ovis as antigens for the detection of precipitin antibody in serums from artificially exposed rams
Authors: CHIN J. C. , PLANT J. W. , CLAXTON P. D. 
Published: March 2008

SUMMARYSurface components of Brucella ovis obtained by gentle physical shearing were tested as a potentially useful source of reagent for selective serological diagnosis. These antigens were used in a radial immunodiffusion (RID) test against serum from rams which had been inoculated with infective semen containing B. ovis by one of 4 routes namely mating rams with ewes previously inoculated intravaginally with infective semen, or by direct inoculation in the prepuce, rectum or nasal passage. Loosely attached surface antigens in the RID test formed precipitin bands with serums collected from rams 2 and 10 weeks after inoculation. In contrast, a detergent extracted membrane antigen B developed precipitin bands only with serum collected 10 weeks after inoculation from rams confirmed bacteriologically to be infected with B. ovis in the genital tract. The route by which the rams were artificially exposed did not affect the outcome of the RID test using the membrane B antigen. However, all experimentally exposed rams had demonstrable CF titres when a heat extracted antigen was used.