Review article
The Occurrence and Dynamics of Infectious Diseases of Domestic Animals in Požega County from 1891 to 1919
Petar Džaja
; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Magdalena Palić
; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
*
Nikola Serdar
; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Marijan Benić
; Sanatio d.o.o., Zagreb, Croatia
Ivan Križek
Ivan Šajnović
Adam Devčić
Krešimir Severin
; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
* Corresponding author.
Abstract
Požega Country was first mentioned on 13 January 1210 in a document of tehe Hungarian-Croatian king Andrew II Arpadović, in wich he donated certain areas to the Templars. The document refers to it as Comitatus de Posega. Požega County was first mentioned under the name Benedikt in 1221. The name of this county was wirtten as Požežka (until the late 19th and early 20th centura), whwn it appeared as Požežka Country. From 1886 until 1918, Požežka Country consisted of six districts: Požega District with administrative municipalities (Požega, Brestovac, Kaptol, Kutjevo, Pleternica, Velika, Straženam, Blacko and Cerni), Brod District with administrative municipalities (Brod, Garčin, Sibinj, Bebrina, Oriovac, Slavonski Kobaš, Donji Andrijevci and Vrpolje), Novogradiška District with administrative municipalities (Cernik, Nova Gradiška, Stara Gradiška, Okučani, Nova Kapela, Petrovo Selo, Mašić, Rešetari and Svinjar), Pakrac District with administrative municipalities (Pakrac, Lipik, Sirač, Daruvar, Dežanovac,Končanica and Gubišino Polje), Daruvar District with administrative municipalities (Daruvar, Podborje, Sirač, Dežanovac and Končanica), and Novi Kotar with administrative
municipalities (Novska, Jasenovac, Krapje, Rajić, Borovac and Lipovljani). This paper presents the occurrence of selected infectious diseases of domestic animals in the area of the former Požega County
over a 29-year period (1891–1919). For the period observed, issues of the Požega County Gazette were not found for three years: 1901, 1902 and 1916, and for nine years (1895, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1913, 1915, 1917 and 1918) no data were found on the occurrence of infectious diseases of domestic animals in Požega County in the said gazette. In the remaining 17 years observed, Požega County always recorded infectious diseases of domestic animals, as follows: 1891 (glanders, foot-and-mouth disease, scabies and anthrax), 1892 (foot-and-mouth disease, glanders, anthrax and rabies), 1894 (foot-and-mouth disease, anthrax, glanders and rabies),1896 (rabies, swine fever, erysipelas, foot-and-mouth disease and the parasitic disease fluke), 1897 (scabies, rabies, swine fever, anthrax, sheep measles and the parasitic disease flukes), 1898 (scabies, anthrax, rabies, blackleg disease and swine fever), 1899 (equine coital exanthema , swine fever, erysipelas, blackleg disease, rabies and glanders), 1900 (equine coital exanthema, anthrax, scabies, blackleg disease, rabies and swine fever), 1903 (scabies, rabies, swine fever, anthrax, blackleg disease and erysipelas), 1904 (anthrax, blackleg disease, scabies, equine coital exanthema, swine fever and rabies), 1906 (rabies, equine coital exanthema, anthrax and swine fever), 1911 (foot-and-mouth disease) and 1914 (rabies and the parasitic disease fluke).
Keywords
Požega County; infectious diseases; domestic animals
Hrčak ID:
353266
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Publication date:
1.10.2026.
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