Open AccessSOIL AND MINERAL SUPPLEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF BUSH-SICKNESS
Author(s) -
Tyson Rigg,
O. Askew
Publication year - 1933
Publication title -
proceedings of the new zealand grassland association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1179-4577
pISSN - 0369-3902
DOI - 10.33584/jnzg.1933.2.770
Subject(s) - medicine , zoology , toxicology , veterinary medicine , traditional medicine , biology
Investigations on bush-sickness reported in Bull, 32 of the N,Z, Department of Scientific & Industrial Research showed that an ailment among sheep at Glenhope, Nelson, resembled closely typical "bush-sickness," The sheep were anaemic and chemical analysis of blood samples showed great deficiencies of total solids and of iron