title: [A short essay on the long history of animal hygiene].
abstract: This article gives a review about the history of animal hygiene from its beginning thousands of years ago until the present time. Presumably primarily developed from a basic food hygiene it always found its way into religious and cultural traditions of the different ages all over the world, whereupon animal and public hygiene have always been closely related. Additionally animal hygiene contributed noticeably to the development of the veterinary system.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Tierhygiene, Tierschutz und Nutztierethologie, Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover. annette.springorum@tiho-hannover.de
authors.forename: Annette Christiane
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Springorum
mesh_terms: D000820:Animal Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000818:Animals; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000266:history*; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D014730:Veterinary Medicine / Q000266:history*