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Date1894
AuthorAnon.
ContributionBuilt first cattle dipping vat in USA, for control of mites and, later, the tick vector of protozoan parasite.
ReferenceMalone
NotesInitially used for control of mange mite, but soon used for exposing cattle to chemicals that would kill the tick vector of Texas Cattle Fever (babesiosis). Malone, J. B., Veterinary Parasitology 33: 3-29,1989 A major milestone in the control of microbial disease. See 1895 Kleberg
CategoryMiscellany
Pathogen ClassProtozoa

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