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ACCORDING to the December issue of the Anglo-Swedish Review a new veterinary-medical institute has recently been inaugurated in the northern out-skirts of Stockholm. One of the largest and most important departments is that for the production of horse serum. The stables with boxes for about eighty horses have been built with slanting lanternine roofs which let in the light above the boxes, and every box is provided with running water. Each of the horses produces about seven litres of blood, or raw serum, a week. Hot and cold air is supplied according to the season. In another and equally well-kept section are quarters for a large number of calves. The Institute comprises three sections: a pathological, a bacteriological and a serological section, which are supplemented by a mechanical and a parasitic laboratory. Altogether about 150 persons are employed. The new Institute provides increased facilities for effective combating of diseases of domestic animals, which still cause heavy losses.
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Veterinary Medical Institute. Nature 155, 264–265 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155264e0
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