Science and Empire - East Coast Fever in Rhodesia and the Transvaal

The story of East Coast fever, a lethal disease of cattle, and its scientific study.

List of contents

List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Prologue; 2. The places and the players; 3. A new disease?; 4. The search for an expert; 5. Robert Koch in Bulawayo; 6. Joseph Chamberlain; 7. Arnold Theiler, Charles Lounsbury and Duncan Hutcheon; 8. The fight against East Coast fever; 9. The African-owned cattle in Rhodesia; 10. Two more parasites and another new disease; 11. What is East Coast fever?; 12. Epilogue; Notes and references; Index.

Summary

East Coast fever can kill 95% of a herd of cattle in three weeks. The disease was unknown to western science until it was introduced into Rhodesia in 1901. This book describes the social and economic impact, the scientific investigations into it, and the effort to control it.

Product details

• Authors: Paul F. Cranefield, Cranefield Paul F.
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.02.1991
• EAN: 9780521392532
• ISBN: 978-0-521-39253-2
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 760 g
• Series: ADA Companion Series; Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Veterinary medicine; MEDICAL / History, History of Medicine