Science and Empire: East Coast Fever in Rhodesia and the Transvaal
(Part of the Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine Series)
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East Coast fever is a lethal disease of cattle caused by a parasite. It affects and distorts lymph cells and causes them to behave like cells in leukemia and lymphoma. The disease was unknown to Western science or to veterinary practice until it was introduced into Rhodesia in 1901. It devastated the cattle-raising and ox-cart dependent transport systems of Rhodesia and South Africa and was not fully brought under control for some fifty years. It...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521524490
ISBN13:9780521524490
Release Date:August 2002
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:404 Pages
Weight:1.33 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.2" x 9.1"
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