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William Burrows
Professor of Microbiology, University of Chicago, 1947–73. Author of Textbook of Microbiology.
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Dante G. Scarpelli
Ernest J. and Hattie H. Magerstadt Professor of Pathology, Northwestern University, Chicago, 1976–98.
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animal disease, an impairment of the normal state of an animal that interrupts or modifies its vital functions. Concern with diseases that afflict animals dates from the earliest human contacts with animals and is reflected in early views of religion and magic. Diseases of animals remain a concern principally because of the economic losses they cause and the possible transmission of the causative agents to humans. The branch of medicine called veterinary medicine deals with the study, prevention, and treatment of diseases not only in domesticated animals but also in wild animals and in animals used in scientific research. The ...(100 of 7664 words)

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