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Item A Description of a Highly Fatal Virus Disease of Poultry New to East Africa(1937) Hudson, J. R.; Veterinary Research laboratory, Kabete, Kenya ColonyIn the Annual Report of the Director of Agriculture of Kenya for 1935 brief reference to an outbreak of a disease of fowls, clinically and pathologically resembling Newcastle disease, was made. The disease was diagnosed in November of that year in birds forwarded to Kabete from Mombasa. The European owner of the fowls reported that in the preceding twelve months there had been an extensive outbreak of the disease on Mombasa Island, and that very large numbers of birds had died.Item Notes on animal diseases(1943/1944) Hudson, J. R.Mastitis or mammitis is the general name applied to inflammation of the udder and it must be realized that the name does not indicate any specific condition. Most forms of mastitis are difficult to control and the condition is responsible for great losses every year in all dairying countries.Item Notes on Animal Diseases: XXIV—Plant Poisoning(1944/1945) Hudson, J. R.; Veterinary Research Laboratory, Kabete Kenya(Received for publication on 31st July, 1944) We are indebted to Mr. PJ Greenway for checking the nomenclature and for amplifying the localities given in the original draft of this contribution. He informs us that the list of poisonous species is not complete for East Africa as a whole. Compared with some parts of the world East Africa is fortunate in the relatively small losses of stock that occur from poisonous plants. Although there are a great number of species of plants which have been shown to be toxic by drenchingn experiments, but a few are known to have been responsible for actual deaths under natural conditions. Many illnesses which at one time were attributed to plant poisoning, are now recognized to be caused by definite diseases and fewer suspected cases of plant poisoning are brought to the notice of the Kenya Veterinary Department now than was the case fifteen years ag
