Few draught horses are now bred or used; thoroughbreds, hunters, hacks, and ponies (with a very few draft horses) are the main horses bred and used in New Zealand. Their diseases are confined to the normal medical and surgical needs of rearing and managing them in a temperate zone. No unusual diseases are recorded.

And so with diseases of dogs and cats. These latter animals can be imported only direct from Britain and from certain districts of Australia.

Cestode infestations of dogs: The following tapeworm infestations of dogs give rise to intermediate stages in domestic animals and in human beings–Echinococcus granulosus, causing hydatidosis in sheep, cattle, pigs, horses, and man, leading to frequent condemnations of sheep and cattle livers and to recurring sickness and death of human beings; Taenia hydatigena, responsible for intermediate infestation of Cysticercus tenuicollis in sheep, cattle, and pigs; Taenia ovis causing cysts in the musculature of sheep, leading to condemnations of carcasses; and Multiceps multiceps, with its intermediate stage, Cenurus cerebralis, in the brains of sheep and cattle. With the passing of the Hydatids Act of 1959 and the formation of the National Hydatids Council, a national eradication scheme has been enforced. The scheme is based on denying dogs access to animal offal and on regular compulsory diagnostic dosing of all dogs. The results have been encouraging. The scheme should lead to the elimination of these parasites.