Browsing by Author "Hursthouse, Katrine Fearon"
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- ItemA study of some wool-disintegrating bacteria, by "Animal" : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science at Massey Agricultural College(Massey University, 1932) Hursthouse, Katrine Fearon; AnimalThe purpose of this thesis is the isolation and study of the bacteria that ret the wool of living sheep in New Zealand, the study of the distribution of wool-retting bacteria and of some of the conditions in which they bring about decay. It is also desired to show what effect; the wool retting bacteria have upon the hoof of sheep - a substance which like wool, consists largely of keratin - and what effect the hoof rotting bacteria have upon wool. [From Purpose and scope of thesis]
