Browsing Proceedings of the 44th International Congress of the World Association for the History of Veterinary Medicine by Title

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  • Preserving South Africa’s veterinary history : a collaborative approach 
    Swanepoel, David; Breytenbach, Amelia; Coetsee, Tertia; Marsh, Susan; World Association for the History of Veterinary Medicine. International Congress (44th : 2020 : Pretoria, South Africa) (Pretoria : World Association for the History of Veterinary Medicine, 2020-02)
    The history of veterinary science and education in South Africa is embedded within the colonial history of South Africa and is essential to understand and appreciate its contribution to the well-being of the country. ...
  • Puzriš-Dagan : organization of an animal concentration centre during UR III period 
    Alonso, Silvia Nicolás; World Association for the History of Veterinary Medicine. International Congress (44th : 2020 : Pretoria, South Africa) (Pretoria : World Association for the History of Veterinary Medicine, 2020-02)
    At the end of the 21st century B.C., after the Akkadian Empire collapsed, the political situation in Southern Mesopotamia was tense under the constant pressure of the kingdom of Elam and the destructive incursions of the ...
  • Reduction of antibiotic use in farm animal and aquaculture production in Norway over the last 30 years 
    Hektoen, Halvor; World Association for the History of Veterinary Medicine. International Congress (44th : 2020 : Pretoria, South Africa) (Pretoria : World Association for the History of Veterinary Medicine, 2020-02)
    Antibacterial agents were used long before people knew that infections were caused by bacteria, and were described in ancient Egypt, Greece and in the Roman empire. However, in modern medicine the ‘antibiotic revolution’ ...
  • Regulating Rumensin : defining antibiotic feeds in the U.S. in the wake of resistance 
    Welk-Joerger, Nicole; World Association for the History of Veterinary Medicine. International Congress (44th : 2020 : Pretoria, South Africa) (Pretoria : World Association for the History of Veterinary Medicine, 2020-02)
    This paper emphasizes the need to tell more histories about the specific cultural and chemical properties of antibiotic livestock feed to better understand its adoption and use in the past and today. The existing literature ...
  • Request to cancel a veterinary appointment for the Dutch East Indies in 1890 
    Straatman, Jons; World Association for the History of Veterinary Medicine. International Congress (44th : 2020 : Pretoria, South Africa) (Pretoria : World Association for the History of Veterinary Medicine, 2020-02)
    In 1890, all of a sudden the small veterinary world in Java was startled by the appointment of a gepatenteerd veearts, a ‘patented’ veterinarian. The Board of Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Science in the ...
  • South African veterinary bacteriologists 
    Henton, Maryke M.; World Association for the History of Veterinary Medicine. International Congress (44th : 2020 : Pretoria, South Africa) (Pretoria : World Association for the History of Veterinary Medicine, 2020-02)
    Microbial techniques and apparatus had been sufficiently developed by the second half of the 19th century to enable veterinarians to diagnose and study diseases unique to Africa, as well as those diseases carried by imported ...
  • A study of the ecology of anthrax in the Kruger National Park, South Africa 
    De Vos, Valerius; World Association for the History of Veterinary Medicine. International Congress (44th : 2020 : Pretoria, South Africa) (Pretoria : World Association for the History of Veterinary Medicine, 2020-02)
    The ecology of anthrax in the Kruger National Park (KNP) in South Africa is described. Endemic anthrax occurs in the northern-most region of the KNP with sporadic cases seen almost annually. In addition, regular periodic ...
  • The Swiss connection : Arnold Theiler and Swiss colleagues an early example of a successful international veterinary cooperation 
    Pospischil, Andreas; World Association for the History of Veterinary Medicine. International Congress (44th : 2020 : Pretoria, South Africa) (Pretoria : World Association for the History of Veterinary Medicine, 2020-02)
    The start of the Swiss veterinary connection dates back to the late 19th century when a shortage of veterinarians in Transvaal motivated M. Constançon, the Swiss ambassador to the ZAR in 1890, to inform his home country. ...
  • World Association for the History of Veterinary Medicine 44th International Congress : 27-29 February 2020, The Farm Inn Hotel and Conference Centre, Pretoria, South Africa : proceedings 
    World Association for the History of Veterinary Medicine. International Congress (44th : 2020 : Pretoria, South Africa) (Pretoria : World Association for the History of Veterinary Medicine, 2020-02)
    The proceedings includes the following aspects of the WAHVM 2020 Congress: Who we are -- WAHVM officers -- Words of welcome from the Congress chairperson and WAHVM President -- Information of the City of Tswane and the ...