Vanadium Air Pollution

A Possible Cause of"Ill-Thrift" in Dairy Cattle

Authors

  • B. Gummow Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X 04, Onderstepoort, 0110, South Africa
  • Stella S. Bastianello Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X 04, Onderstepoort, 0110, South Africa
  • C. J. Botha Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X 04, Onderstepoort, 0110, South Africa
  • A. T. Basson Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X 04, Onderstepoort, 0110, South Africa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro19926641

Keywords:

ill-thrift, epidemiological study, air pollution

Abstract

In April 1990 the Veterinary Research Institute (VRI) at Onderstepoort was approached by a private veterinarian to do an epidemiological study into the cause of "ill-thrift" occurring in a dairy herd in the eastern Transvaal, South Africa.

Cover image of the Third Volume of the 25th Conference Proceedings: An earl-morning photo of farmland. A small farm is nestled among rolling hills, fields stretching across a curving road that disappears between dark green trees. The barn is a cheery red color with a tin roof. Beneath the photo is the a statement of the conference's theme in white italics: Challenges of the Bovine Industry in the Twenty-First Century. Deep red background.

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Published

1992-08-31

Issue

1992: Volume 3

Section

Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases