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Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine

Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine :East Coast Fever in Rhodesia and the Transvaal

Format : Paperback / softback
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Editors : Colin Jones | Charles Rosenberg
ISBN : 9780521524490
Publication Year : 2002
Language : English

East Coast fever can kill 95% of a herd of cattle in three weeks. The disease was unknown to western science until it was introduced into Rhodesia in 1901. This book describes the social and economic impact, the scientific investigations into it, and the effort to control it.