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Revised Report on the Preparation of Rinderpest Protective Serum with Fifty Tabuler Statements

1905

A question of the utmost importance to such countries is can any method or methods be adopted for the protection of cattle against rinderpest in the absence of anti-rinderpest serum (either in the fluid or in the form of a powder). [...] These products in case of need have been found capable in this country of conferring on the most susceptible cattle a passive resistance for a short period of weeks or of an active nature for a more prolonged interval when virulent material in the form of rinderpest blood may be utilized by the simultaneous method the agents being introduced on different sides of the body of the animal operat [...] Consequently in this country the requirements necessary for a suitable locality for the establisment of a laboratory and depot for the preparation of rinderpest and other sera includes the following :— The selected spot must be situated in British territory for obvious reasons near or within easy reach of the home of the most susceptible breed of cattle large numbers of which are required [...] Further the best metorological conditions including temperature and rainfall are a sine qua non and must be present at the selected site in order to provide for the welfare of the animals utilized the protection of the processes and the products and the well-being of the people engaged in such trying work. [...] Nevertheless when the protective power was tested upon hill cattle by the simutaneous method and a fresh strain of hill blood from a recent epizootic utilized for the purpose the immunizing power of the serum prepared from the series of passages was found incapable of protecting that species against the more recent strain of virulent blood at the standardized or even double the dose.
technology medicine science
Pages
129
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.140165
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-ii Alfred Lingard view
Frontmatter
i-iii Alfred Lingard view
Section I.—Introduction
1-8 Alfred Lingard view
Section II.—Preparation of Anti-Rinderpest Serum
8-17 Alfred Lingard view
Section III.—Protective Value or Strength of Serum
18-21 Alfred Lingard view
Section IV.—Period During Which Anti-Rinderpest Serum has been Found to Retain its Protective Power after Exposure to Varying Temperatures
21-22 Alfred Lingard view
Section V.—Susceptibility of Bovines and Buffaloes Etc. Indigenous to India
22-23 Alfred Lingard view
Section VI.—Size of Animals in India
23-24 Alfred Lingard view
Section VII.—Questions Concerning Practical Points Connected With the Preparation of Serum and Inoculation of Rinderpest Animals
24-29 Alfred Lingard view
Section VIII.—Conclusions
29-33 Alfred Lingard view
Section IX.—Rinderpest in Camels
33-34 Alfred Lingard view
Section X.—General Remarks
35-38 Alfred Lingard view
Appendices
39-116 Alfred Lingard view

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