Original scientific paper
ANTHRAX OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS IN VRBAS BANATE: FROM TRADITIONAL BELIEFS TO THE FIRST SCIENTIFIC VIEWS ON THE ANCIENT DISEASE
Oliver N. Stevanović
orcid.org/0000-0002-1548-9748
; PI Veterinary Institute „Dr. Vaso Butozan“ Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Drago N. Nedić
; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Belgrade, Republic of Serbia
Nemanja Šubarević
; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Belgrade, Republic of Serbia
Obren Tomić
; Faculty of Medicine, University of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Abstract
From 1929 to 1941, the Vrbas Banate was one of nine provinces of the Kingdom Yugoslavia, and according to historical data, the poorest one, without well-organized and sustainable agriculture production. Naturalistic production and poor animal health control in the Vrbas Banate were the most important risk factors for infectious disease spreading. Anthrax was very prevalent infectious disease in domestic animals and humans in that period, but some data on this disease remain scarce. In this paper epidemiology and clinical investigation of anthrax in the Vrbas Banate are reviewed. Apart from many aggravating factors that influenced the control of anthrax, the veterinary service of Banate contributed to the development of animal husbandry, animal health and public health in that period.
Keywords
anthrax; the Vrbas Banate; control; history of medicine
Hrčak ID:
171412
URI
Publication date:
19.12.2016.
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