Duncan Hutcheon : veterinarian from Cape Town

Abstract

Photo of Dr Hutcheon, Cape Town veterinarian, carried by 2 African pole bearers. He was a pioneer in the diagnosis of many previously unidentified diseases of livestock in South Africa, such as bluetongue in sheep, krimpsiekte (nenta) in goats and sheep, geilsiekte (prussic acid poisoning) in sheep and contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (CCPP) in Angora goats. He also played a major role in the campaign to control the rinderpest pandemic in southern Africa (1896 – 1899)