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WE have received the seventeenth report of the Director (Prof. P. J. du Toit) of Veterinary Services and Animal Industry, Onderstepoort, Pretoria (Union of S. Africa: Dep. of Agriculture. The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1931. 10s. each part). It is issued in two parts of about 425 pages each, is well produced and fully illustrated, and contains a mass of valuable material dealing with all branches of veterinary research and animal industry. Part 1 contains the parasitological matter, part 2 physiological, pathological, and industrial subjects and metabolism. Of general interest may be mentioned papers on a new and cheap method of preparing pure cystine from wool, and giving a high yield, by J. G. Louw; the good effects of sulphur on merino sheep in doses of 5 gm. from once to six times weekly, the general condition of the animals, weight, and wool yield being strikingly improved, by D. G. Steyn; and the improved quality of bacon obtained by including barley meal in the pig's ration, by D. J. Schulte and C. A. Murray.
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Veterinary Research in South Africa. Nature 129, 232 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/129232b0
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