| Date | 1804 | 
| Author | Zinke | 
| Contribution | Reported first experimental transmission of rabies from animal to animal (dog to rabbit). | 
| Reference | Norman | 
| Notes | G. G. Zinke. He inoculated rabbits with saliva of rabid dog. The value of the rabbit in rabies research was reintroduced by Galtier in 1879. See 1803. | 
| Category | Causation | 
| Pathogen Class | Viruses | 
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