F.F. Kolbe : Onderstepoort staff

Abstract

F.F. Kolbe was appointed for 4.5 years as full-time officer to the Zoological Survey. The Zoological Survey was established in 1936 with the aid of a government grant of £1000 p.a., which was increased to £1500 the next year, under the Director of Veterinary Services at Onderstepoort. Most of Kolbe’s work was concentrated on diseases of animals which occurred at the livestock/wildlife interface, such as nagana, ASF, tuberculosis and rinderpest. Control of these diseases in livestock was the primary function of the Division of Veterinary Services of the Department of Agriculture. (Source: The Zoological Survey: a historical perspective / R.D. Bigalke & J.D. Skinner, 2002)