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A valuable addition
to veterinary literature
The newly published third edition
of Pathology of Domestic Animals
marks a valuable addition to contem-
porary veterinary literature. The
three volume, 1,700 page text book is
a major update, reflecting research
discoveries of the past two decades.
Dr. Nigel Palmer of the Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture and Food's
Veterinary Laboratory Services col-
laborated on the work with K. V. F.
Jubb and P. C. Kennedy. They
received input from 17 authorities in
the field, seven of them faculty
members at the Ontario Veterinary
College and two from OMAF in
Guelph.
Pathology of Domestic Animals
originally appeared in 1963, the work
of Jubb, then an OVC faculty
member, and Kennedy of the Univer-
sity of California at Davis. For this
edition the three collaborators met in
Australia where Jubb is dean of the
Melbourne School of Veterinary
Science.
More than 70 per cent of the third
edition is new material. Interspersed
with the copy are thousands of
photographs. Pathology of Domestic
Animals is published by Academic
Press. It will serve veterinary
pathologists, diagnosticians, and
graduate students in pathology
throughout the English-speaking
world. The book, which covers com-
mon and uncommon diseases of com-
mercial and companion mammals, is
expected to be translated into several
languages.
For further information, contact
Ann Middleton, Information Ser-
vices, University of Guelph, Guelph.
NIG 2W1. Telephone 519-824-4120.
Ext. 8705.
Choosing the right beast
for pest control
Bug -killing micro-organisms hold
great promise for weaning farmers
away from chemical pesticide use.
But choosing the right little beasts for
the job of natural pest control takes
care and caution.
"While biological control agents
would reduce the amount of insec-
ticides used by farmers, you first have
to consider the effect the micro-
organisms may have on people,
livestock, crops, and the environ-
ment," says A.M. Harper, an en-
tomologist at Agriculture Canada's
Lethbridge research station in
southern Alberta. "That's why
registration requirements for
biological agents are as strict as those
for chemicals."
Research on using micro-organisms
such as fungi, bacteria, protozoa, and
viruses proceeds in much the same
way as for chemical pesticides.
Before a biological agent can be
recommended for commercial use, it
must be field tested. But before field
testing can go ahead, researchers
must get a permit from Agriculture
Canada's pesticides division in
Ottawa. The permit lays out the ap-
plication levels allowed and the
department's conditions for doing the
testing.
"Micro-organisms, such as fungi,
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