In 1908 a Pan-African Veterinary Conference formed part of the inauguration ceremony of the Onderstepoort Veterinary Laboratory.Attended by 18 delegates from 12 countries in southern Africa, including the four colonies and three protectorates forming British South Africa, Rhodesia, Girls Celebration Clothing German South West Africa, Portuguese East Africa, Madagascar and the Belgian Congo, discussions focussed on the animal diseases of the region with the emphasis on trypanosomosis (nagana) and East #7.3 MEDIUM GOLDEN BLOND Coast fever.The successful meeting was followed by a series of similar conferences held in different African countries during the first half of the 20th Century.