Stanny Geerts
The role of the Belgian vets in the tropics â historical overview
The role of the Belgian vets in the tropics â historical overview
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Rinderpest<br />
• Epizootics in Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi<br />
– 1920-24 and 1930-36: large epizootics<br />
– Between 1938 and 1957: several smaller epizootics<br />
• Control by hyperimmune serum (method of DBT:<br />
Danysz, Bordet & Theiler)<br />
– Jules Bordet: Belgian medical doctor, Nobel Prize<br />
1919)<br />
• Many colonial vets have been involved in the<br />
production of immune serum against rinderpest<br />
Mammerickx, 2003. Ann. Méd. Vét. 147: 197-205.
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