Biography of Christiaan Frederck Beyers Hofmeyr

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Bigalke, R.D.

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Biography of the veterinary surgeon C.F.B Hofmeyr. In 1945, as state veterinarian, he discovered occurrence of bovine besnoitiosis in South Africa. He was also a pioneer in the discipline of diseases of zoo animals in South Africa. The biography includes information about his/her education and career, scientific contributions and writings, homages and distinctions.

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Document created with Microsoft Word 97-2003 ( kb) on February 27, 2009. Migrated to pdf format with Adobe Acrobat Distiller 6.0 ( kb) on June 20, 2012.

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Veterinary surgeon, Bovine besnoitiosis, Zoo animal diseases

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