Pioneer Science and the Great Plagues: How Microbes, War, and Public Health Shaped Animal Health

by Norman F. Cheville

Book Overview

Pioneer Science and the Great Plagues covers the century when infectious plagues--anthrax, tuberculosis, tetanus, plague, smallpox, and polio--were conquered, and details the important role that veterinary scientists played. The narrative is driven by astonishing events that centered on animal disease: the influenza pandemic of 1872, discovery of the causes of anthrax and tuberculosis in the 1880s, conquest of Texas cattle fever and then...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612496423
• ISBN13: 9781612496429
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Purdue University Press
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"