From Ubombo to Mzhuzi: disease, colonial science, and the control of Nagana (Livestock Trypanosomosis) in Zululand, South Africa, c. 1894-1953
This article looks at the scientific studies and debates that surrounded the control of nagana (trypanosomosis in livestock) in Zululand, South Africa, from the late nineteenth century until the 1950s. By 1953 the disease appeared to be contained following the use of DDT to exterminate the tsetse fl...
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| description | This article looks at the scientific studies and debates that surrounded the control of nagana (trypanosomosis in livestock) in Zululand, South Africa, from the late nineteenth century until the 1950s. By 1953 the disease appeared to be contained following the use of DDT to exterminate the tsetse fly that spread the infection from immune wildlife to susceptible livestock. It argues that South Africa made an important contribution to western knowledge about trypanosomosis in terms of ots etiology and possibilities for its control - a fact that has often been overlooked in the historical literature that has tended to focus on events in colonial central and east Africa. It explores Zulu conceptualizations of nagana, which influenced early researchers, the evolution of veterinary, entomological, and ecological sciences as "tools" for understanding and suppresing disease, as well as the difficulties involved in reconciling game conservation with colonial settlement. The article also shows how an animal disease contributed to the development of colonial science and encouraged the expansion of scientific networks with African colonies and beyond. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:7ea5e86c-dcda-439d-9a2d-5f271d5164372022-03-26T21:11:24ZFrom Ubombo to Mzhuzi: disease, colonial science, and the control of Nagana (Livestock Trypanosomosis) in Zululand, South Africa, c. 1894-1953Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:7ea5e86c-dcda-439d-9a2d-5f271d516437History of medicineHistory of scienceHistory of AfricaEnglishOxford University Research Archive - ValetOxford University Press2008Brown, KThis article looks at the scientific studies and debates that surrounded the control of nagana (trypanosomosis in livestock) in Zululand, South Africa, from the late nineteenth century until the 1950s. By 1953 the disease appeared to be contained following the use of DDT to exterminate the tsetse fly that spread the infection from immune wildlife to susceptible livestock. It argues that South Africa made an important contribution to western knowledge about trypanosomosis in terms of ots etiology and possibilities for its control - a fact that has often been overlooked in the historical literature that has tended to focus on events in colonial central and east Africa. It explores Zulu conceptualizations of nagana, which influenced early researchers, the evolution of veterinary, entomological, and ecological sciences as "tools" for understanding and suppresing disease, as well as the difficulties involved in reconciling game conservation with colonial settlement. The article also shows how an animal disease contributed to the development of colonial science and encouraged the expansion of scientific networks with African colonies and beyond. |
| spellingShingle | History of medicine History of science History of Africa Brown, K From Ubombo to Mzhuzi: disease, colonial science, and the control of Nagana (Livestock Trypanosomosis) in Zululand, South Africa, c. 1894-1953 |
| title | From Ubombo to Mzhuzi: disease, colonial science, and the control of Nagana (Livestock Trypanosomosis) in Zululand, South Africa, c. 1894-1953 |
| title_full | From Ubombo to Mzhuzi: disease, colonial science, and the control of Nagana (Livestock Trypanosomosis) in Zululand, South Africa, c. 1894-1953 |
| title_fullStr | From Ubombo to Mzhuzi: disease, colonial science, and the control of Nagana (Livestock Trypanosomosis) in Zululand, South Africa, c. 1894-1953 |
| title_full_unstemmed | From Ubombo to Mzhuzi: disease, colonial science, and the control of Nagana (Livestock Trypanosomosis) in Zululand, South Africa, c. 1894-1953 |
| title_short | From Ubombo to Mzhuzi: disease, colonial science, and the control of Nagana (Livestock Trypanosomosis) in Zululand, South Africa, c. 1894-1953 |
| title_sort | from ubombo to mzhuzi disease colonial science and the control of nagana livestock trypanosomosis in zululand south africa c 1894 1953 |
| topic | History of medicine History of science History of Africa |
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