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Adrien Loir in the laboratory at Rodd Island 1891

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('The Rabbit Plague and Anthrax in Australia; M. Pasteur's experiments and remedies for its extermination', Illustrated Sydney News, 21 November 1891, p12)

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Rodd Island

Island which sits peacefully in the middle of Iron Cove. During the 1880s it became the centre of a number of remarkable scientific experiments.

Agricultural Science

French

Medical Science

Research and Development

Veterinary Science

Loir, Adrien

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French bacteriologist who conducted experiments on Rodd Island to see whether the chicken cholera bacillus was an effective solution to the rabbit plague. Nephew of Louis Pasteur.

Rodd Island

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Island in Middle Cove near Rozelle which housed a biological laboratory investigating rabbit eradication and cattle diseases.