Daniel Elmer Salmon is an American veterinarian. The genus of enterobacteria Salmonella is named after him.
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The researcher who described a number of zoological taxa . The names of these taxa (to indicate authorship) are accompanied by the designation " Salmon " . |
Biography
Since 1868 he studied veterinary medicine at Cornell University . In 1872 he moved to Newark , where he briefly worked as a veterinarian, then for health reasons he moved to Asheville . He lectured at the University of Georgia and in 1876 received a diploma of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine.
In 1879, Salmon was one of the key figures in the state campaign against cattle bronchopneumonia . The U.S. Department of Agriculture commissioned him to investigate the occurrence of animal diseases in the southern states, in particular babesiosis . In 1883, Salmon was commissioned to create a veterinary department at the Department of Agriculture in Washington, which he led until 1905.
Since 1906, at the invitation of the Government of Uruguay, he opened the Veterinary Department at the Republican University of Montevideo . After his return to the United States in 1910, he led a pork cholera vaccine company in Butte, Montana, from 1913. Salmon died of pneumonia.
Salmon with Theobald Smith made an important contribution to veterinary medicine, highlighting in 1885 the causative agent of salmonellosis Salmonella choleraesuis . Salmon and Smith also showed that the killed pathogens of this disease protect pigs from this disease and this discovery served as the basis for vaccination against typhoid. Salmon also took an active part in creating the state veterinary service.
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- ↑ BNF ID : 2011 Open Data Platform .
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ Who Named It?