South Africa: History of Oppression and Struggle

History of Orbivirus research in South Africa.

In the early colonial history of South Africa, horses played an important role, both in general transportation and in military operations. Frequent epidemics of African horsesickness (AHS) in the 18th century therefore severely affected the economy. The first scientific research on the disease was carried out by Alexander Edington (1892), the first government bacteriologist of the Cape Colo...

History of Newcastle disease in South Africa.

Poultry production in South Africa, a so-called developing country, may be seen as a gradient between two extremes with highly integrated commercial enterprises with world-class facilities on one hand and unimproved rural chickens kept by households and subsistence farmers on the other. Although vaccination against Newcastle disease is widely applied to control this devastating infection, epizo...

A history of masculinities in South Africa: context and parameters.

Opsomming Die geskiedenis van manlikheid is 'n relatief nuwe genre waarin Suid-Afrikaanse academic; begin beweeg. Geslagsidentiteit en identiteitsvorming het vanaf die 1980s w6reldwyd meer aandag begin geniet. ldentiteite word as belangrike faktore gesien in die vorming en instandhouding van gemeenskappe en kan die verloop van die geskiedenis net so veel as klas, ras, ouderdom, ens., bemvloed. ...

A brief history of botulism in South Africa.

When looking back into the history of botulism and contemplating the final understanding of the syndrome and the ultimate solutions, there are four facets that stand out clearly. The first is that much of the solution was guided by astute observations, curious travellers, committed veterinarians and particularly farmers themselves who were able to relate the occurrence of the condition to clima...

Early history of radiography in South Africa 1896-1900.