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Blackleg Vaccine Kit
Object Details
- Description
- An inscription on the lid of the wooden box reads “Black Leg Vaccine / PASTEUR VACCINE CO. / CHICAGO.” The Pasteur Vaccine Co., of Chicago, was in business by 1897. Blackleg is an infectious, non-contagious disease that affects cows and sheep.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- late 19th century
- ID Number
- 1981.0584.001
- accession number
- 1981.0584
- catalog number
- 1981.0584.001
- maker
- Pasteur Vaccine Company
- Object Name
- biological, veterinary
- vaccine, blackleg, kit
- Other Terms
- Black Leg Vaccine Kit; Vaccines; Biologicals; Drugs; Non-Liquid
- place made
- United States: Illinois, Chicago
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- The Antibody Initiative
- Health & Medicine
- Antibody Initiative: Veterinary Vaccines and Serums
- Subject
- Vaccines
- Record ID
- nmah_725437
- Usage
- CC0
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