Mr. H. S. S. Kyle

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It is with deep regret that we have to record the death of Mr. Kyle, of Christchruch, who was a widely known and respected member of pur profession. He was born in Melbourne in 1873 and spent the early part of his life in the Riverina district of new South Wales. He graduated as a veterinary surgeon in Melbourne in 1895 and practised in Ballarat until 1901, when he came to New Zealand. He was in government service until 11918 and, after one year in the army, commenced private practice in Christchurch in 1919. He gave up practice on his election to Parliament but resumed on his retirement from office, Mr. Kyle first entered the field of public affairs in local body service and became Mayor of the Borough of Riccarton in 1925, a post which, except for the years 1927 to 1929, he claimed as a record for New Zealand, being 28 years.     

Surface behaviour of S. Typhimurium,S. Derby,S. Brandenburg and S. Infantis

Cross-contamination due to Salmonella on the surface of processing equipment greatly contributes to contamination of pork products. Therefore, a clear understanding of surface and survival behaviour of relevant Salmonella serovars in pork processing environments is needed to develop better strategies for Salmonella control. Within this study the biofilm forming behaviour of S. Typhimurium, S. Derby, S. Brandenburg and S. Infantis isolates was analysed using the crystal violet assay. This assay, commonly used to analyse total biofilm formation, revealed variation in biofilm forming capacity between and within serovars. This has not been shown before for S. Derby, S. Brandenburg and S. Infantis. From each serovar, isolates with different biofilm forming capacity were selected to analyse biofilm formation on stainless steel. This revealed no significant differences between biofilm formation on polystyrene compared to stainless steel. Furthermore a relation was observed between biofilm forming capacity of an isolate and survival on stainless steel surfaces. On such surfaces, biofilms showed greater and longer survival than planktonic cells, and they were less susceptible to peracetic acid disinfection treatments. However, the latter effect was marginal and only observed in the presence of organic material, which drastically decreased the activity of peracetic acid. With the obtained results a hierarchical cluster was also performed to identify differences and similarities between the four different serovars. This indicated that the surface behaviour of S. Typhimurium was more comparable to S. Infantis than to S. Derby or S. Brandenburg.     

Cross-protection of Salmonella abortusovis, S. choleraesuis, S. dublin and S. gallinarum in mice induced by S. abortusovis and S. gallinarum: bacteriology and humoral immune response

Cross-protection induced by primary infection with Abortusovis and Gallinarum was examined against challenge injection with these Salmonella serotypes as well as with Dublin and Choleraesuis, the other virulent serotypes. Abortusovis induced efficient protection against the other Salmonella. Gallinarum was ineffective against Choleraesuis. Even with low multiplication in mice, the Gallinarum J91 strain induced a weak but significant protection against Dublin (same O group serotype). The antibodies in the blood of mice were tested with ELISA specific for the Salmonella antigens used to prime or to challenge animals. The Gallinarum J91 strain was detected to be more antigenic in ELISA than the other Salmonella antigens. It is difficult to conclude on a correlation between IgM or IgG antibodies and induction of protection, because of the variability in immune response according to the different serotype used. Nevertheless, the negative linkage between a number of bacteria in the spleen of mice challenged with Gallinarum and Dublin, and the level of IgM and IgG antibodies specific for the challenging serotype, showed that humoral immune response could be one element of cross-protection, mainly by the immune response against the same O serotype.     

新疆地区鸡伤寒白痢沙门氏菌病的调查

对新疆地区鸡沙门氏菌病进行了病原学、血清学和流行病学调查，结果表明分离的246株细菌与鸡白痢鸡伤少门氏菌诊断血清呈阳性反应；对15株鸡沙门氏菌进行抗原结构分析，表明8株为标准型鸡白痢伤寒沙门氏菌，7株为中间型鸡沙门氏菌，对其中86株菌的生化鉴定表明符合鸡白痢鸡伤寒沙门氏菌的生化特性。该病在我区的发病死亡率为1％－25％，发病严重的鸡场为50％－75％。该病除了单一感染外，还与鸡大肠杆菌、葡萄球菌、鸡球虫病混合感染。     

A review of toxoplasmosis of animals in the U.S.S.R

Information on the serologic and parasitologic prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in domestic and wild animals of the U.S.S.R. is reviewed. Although complement-fixing antibodies to T. gondii were widely prevalent in animals, little information is available on the presence of viable T. gondii in tissues of animals. Reports of epizootics in which T. gondii was suspected to be the causative agent of toxoplasmosis are summarized. Also, the strict economic impact of toxoplasmosis on agriculture in the U.S.S.R. needs evaluation.     

Infection by Salmonella typhimurium, S. agona, S. enteritidis or S. infantis of chicks with caecal coccidiosis

Experimental infections of Salmonella typhimurium, S. agona, S. enteritidis or S. infantis were studied in chicks infected with Eimeria tenella. In all experiments, 4-d old birds were given 5 daily oral doses of approximately 10(4) salmonella organisms per bird. One day before this inoculation one group of birds received a single dose, in the range 1 X 10(4) to 4 X 10(4) sporulated oocysts of E. tenella per os whilst the other group was not inoculated and served as the control. Chicks were examined post morten 7, 10 or 14 d after receiving coccidia. With S. typhimurium infection, the number of salmonellas in the caeca of the E. tenella-infected birds was greater than in those infected only with salmonella. With S. agona and S. enteritidis, the counts of salmonella in the caeca and the numbers of birds positive for salmonella in the caeca and liver were greater in the E. tenella-infected birds. The rate of infection of S. infantis was not increased by caecal coccidiosis.