Healing the Herds: Disease, Livestock Economies, and the Globalization of Veterinary Medicine

Contributors

Contributors David฀Anderson฀is฀professor฀of฀African฀politics฀and฀director฀of฀the฀African฀ Studies฀Centre฀at฀the฀University฀of฀Oxford,฀as฀well฀as฀a฀fellow฀of฀St.฀Cross฀ College.฀He฀has฀written฀extensively฀on฀the฀environmental฀and฀political฀history ฀of฀eastern฀Africa.฀His฀most฀recent฀books฀are฀The฀Khat฀Controversy:฀ Stimulating฀the฀Debate฀on฀Drugs,฀Histories฀of฀the฀Hanged:฀Britain’s฀Dirty฀ War฀in฀Kenya฀and฀the฀End฀of฀Empire,฀and฀the฀forthcoming฀Uncivil฀Society:฀ Violence฀and฀Politics฀in฀Kenya.฀He฀is฀currently฀engaged฀in฀a฀research฀project฀ on฀environmental฀change,฀settlement,฀and฀mobility฀in฀the฀Omo฀Valley฀of฀ southwestern฀Ethiopia. Martine฀Barwegen฀studied฀animal฀sciences฀at฀Wageningen฀University฀in฀ the฀Netherlands฀and฀completed฀her฀PhD฀on฀the฀history฀of฀animal฀husbandry ฀in฀Java.฀Since฀then฀she฀has฀worked฀as฀an฀agricultural฀journalist.฀Her฀ major฀publications฀include฀her฀PhD฀thesis,฀“Gouden฀Hoorns:฀De฀geschiedenis ฀van฀de฀veehouderij฀op฀Java,฀1850–2000”;฀“Browsing฀in฀Livestock฀History :฀Large฀Herbivores฀and฀the฀Environment฀in฀Java,฀1850–2000”฀in฀the฀collection ฀Smallholders฀and฀Stockbreeders:฀Histories฀of฀Foodcrop฀and฀Livestock฀ Farming฀in฀Southeast฀Asia;฀and฀“De฀Burgerlijke฀Veeartsenijkundige฀Dienst฀ en฀de฀uitbraak฀van฀de฀veepest฀in฀1878฀op฀Java,”฀in฀the฀journal฀Argos. Karen฀Brown฀is฀an฀Economic฀and฀Social฀Research฀Council฀fellow฀at฀the฀ Wellcome฀Unit฀for฀the฀History฀of฀Medicine,฀University฀of฀Oxford.฀She฀is฀ interested฀in฀environmental,฀veterinary,฀and฀medical฀history฀with฀a฀research฀ focus฀on฀South฀Africa.฀She฀has฀published฀on฀a฀number฀of฀environmental฀ issues฀and฀has฀just฀completed฀a฀book฀on฀the฀history฀of฀rabies฀in฀southern฀ Africa.฀Other฀recent฀publications฀include฀“Veterinary฀Entomology,฀Colonial ฀Science฀and฀the฀Challenge฀of฀Tick-borne฀Diseases฀in฀South฀Africa฀during ฀the฀late฀Nineteenth฀and฀Early฀Twentieth฀Centuries”฀in฀the฀journal฀Parassitologia ;฀“From฀Ubombo฀to฀Mkhuzi:฀Disease,฀Colonial฀Science฀and฀the฀ 288฀฀|฀฀฀Contributors Control฀of฀Nagana฀(Livestock฀Trypanosomosis)฀in฀Zululand,฀South฀Africa,฀ c1894–1955”฀in฀the฀Journal฀of฀the฀History฀of฀Medicine฀and฀Allied฀Sciences;฀ “Poisonous฀Plants,฀Pastoral฀Knowledge฀and฀Perceptions฀of฀Environmental ฀Change฀in฀South฀Africa,฀c.฀1880–1940”฀in฀the฀journal฀Environment฀and฀ History;฀and฀“Tropical฀Medicine฀and฀Animal฀Diseases:฀Onderstepoort฀and฀ the฀Development฀of฀Veterinary฀Science฀in฀South฀Africa฀1908–1950”฀in฀the฀ Journal฀of฀Southern฀African฀Studies. William฀G.฀Clarence-Smith฀is฀professor฀of฀the฀economic฀history฀of฀Asia฀and฀ Africa฀at฀the฀School฀of฀Oriental฀and฀African฀Studies,฀University฀of฀London,฀ and฀chief฀editor฀of฀the฀Journal฀of฀Global฀History.฀His฀latest฀book฀is฀Islam฀ and฀the฀Abolition฀of฀Slavery.฀His฀thesis฀and฀first฀book,฀Slaves,฀Capitalists฀and฀ Peasants฀in฀Southern฀Angola,฀1840–1926,฀considered฀the฀pastoral฀economy฀ of฀this฀region.฀He฀has฀since฀published฀on฀the฀trade฀in฀equids฀in฀the฀Indian฀ Ocean,฀specifically฀in฀Indonesia,฀and฀on฀the฀raising฀of฀horses฀in฀Southeast฀ Asia.฀He฀is฀preparing฀a฀book฀on฀equids฀and฀elephants฀in฀this฀region. Daniel฀F.฀Doeppers฀is฀emeritus฀professor฀of฀geography฀and฀Southeast฀Asian฀ studies฀at฀the฀University฀of฀Wisconsin–Madison.฀He฀is฀currently฀finishing a฀book-length฀study,฀Feeding฀Manila฀in฀Peace฀and฀War,฀1850–1945. His฀more฀ recent฀ works฀ include฀ Population฀ and฀ History:฀ The฀ Demographic฀ Origins฀ of฀the฀Modern฀Philippines฀(coedited฀with฀Peter฀Xenos);฀“Lighting฀a฀Fire:฀ Home฀Fuel฀in฀Manila,฀1850–1945”฀in฀the฀journal฀Philippine฀Studies;฀“Beef฀ Consumption฀and฀Regional฀Cattle฀Husbandry฀Systems฀in฀the฀Philippines,฀ 1850–1930s”฀in฀the฀collection฀Smallholders฀and฀Stockbreeders;฀Histories฀of฀ Foodcrop฀and฀Livestock฀Farming฀in฀Southeast฀Asia;฀and฀“Metropolitan฀Manila ฀in฀the฀Great฀Depression:฀Crisis฀for฀Whom?”฀in฀the฀collection฀Capitalism ฀in฀Asia. John฀Fisher฀is฀loosely฀attached฀to฀the฀Faculty฀of฀Business฀and฀Law฀at฀the฀ University฀of฀Newcastle,฀NSW,฀Australia.฀As฀he฀spends฀considerable฀periods ฀in฀the฀United฀Kingdom,฀his฀research฀interests฀extend฀from฀veterinary฀ history฀in฀Australasia฀to฀local฀history฀in฀Nottinghamshire.฀Key฀recent฀publications ฀include฀“The฀Origins,฀Spread฀and฀Disappearance฀of฀Contagious฀ Bovine฀Pleuro-pneumonia฀in฀New฀Zealand”฀in฀the฀Australian฀Veterinary฀ Journal฀and฀“Rochdale฀Co-operation฀in฀New฀South฀Wales:฀A฀Failure฀of฀ Cultural฀Transmission?”฀in฀the฀collection฀Shop฀Till฀You฀Drop:฀Australian฀ Essays฀on฀Consuming฀and฀Dying. Daniel฀Gilfoyle฀studied฀history฀at฀the฀University฀of฀the฀Witwatersrand฀in฀ Johannesburg฀and฀at฀Birkbeck฀College,฀University฀of฀London.฀He฀completed ฀the฀degree฀of฀doctor฀of฀philosophy฀at฀St.฀Antony’s฀College,฀Univer- Contributors฀฀฀|฀289 sity฀of฀Oxford,฀and฀a฀postdoctoral฀fellowship฀at฀the฀Wellcome฀Unit฀for฀the฀ History฀of฀Medicine,฀University฀of฀Oxford.฀He฀has฀published฀a฀number฀of฀ articles฀on฀the฀history฀of฀veterinary฀science฀and...