animal science

Content Description The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Veterinary Services Records cover animal inspection and quarantine memoranda, procedures, forms, letters, and reports. Topics include export livestock; domestics, ruminants, and swine; organisms and vectors; restricted meat; restricted byproducts; and virus-serum control. There are materials related to the Animal Quarantine Station in Clifton, New York, 1949. Additionally, there are records on the Foreign Animal Diseases Advisory Committee,...

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The USDA Animal Husbandry Division Photograph Collection contains acetate and glass negatives with photographs of animals such as cattle, pigs, swine, poultry, sheep, quail, hare, rabbits, and mink. Also included are images of Bureau of Animal Industry employees. Photographs were taken in Beltsville, Maryland, and other locations within the United States and foreign countries.

Content Description The USDA Beltsville Agricultural Research Center Cattle Reproduction Photographs consist of approximately 100 black and white photographs in an album showing cattle reproduction subjects, such as artificial insemination, animal anatomy, and pathology. Photographs are primarily taken in Beltsville, Maryland, or at another USDA location; some are labeled. The album cover carries the title, "Beltsville Bulls"; however, the word "Bulls" appears to be partially erased. Photographs depict both...

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The USDA Bureau of Animal Industry Guinea Pig Records contain the birth records of guinea pigs bred by the Bureau's Animal Husbandry Division for its early 20th century animal genetics research. The records span the years 1906 to 1915 and 1926 to 1933. There are no records from 1916 to 1925.

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The USDA Bureau of Animal Industry Ledger contains entries dating from October 20 to December 12, 1913. The ledger consists of handwritten administrative data and typewritten official correspondence. The primary subjects appear to be tick infestation of cattle and oxen in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas. Surveillance and quarantine were the primary methods used to eradicate the ticks.

Content Description The USDA Bureau of Animal Industry Photograph Collection, also known as the Animal Science Institute (ASI) Archives, comprises black-and-white photographs, 531 glass negatives, and 1,220 acetate negatives of images covering many aspects of animal production. Subjects include animal anatomy, animal housing, products such as wool, meat processing procedures and equipment, cuts of beef, animal diseases, and research laboratories. Photographs document people involved in the work of the Bureau of...

Introduction The USDA Bureau of Dairy Industry Records contain materials on subjects related to the care and production of dairy animals, including applicable laws, byproducts, models, and animal well-being. Notable names appearing in this collection are Carl William (C.W.) Larson, Ollie Ezekiel Reed, J.H. McClain, Dr. Louis Pasteur, President Dwight David Eisenhower, and Dr. G.W. Pope. The materials span the years 1908 to 1983, with the bulk produced between 1960 and 1983. The materials are in good...

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The USDA Environmental Chemistry Laboratory Collection on Poultry Feather Research consists of photographs and negatives of poultry science activities and staff, business notes and correspondence, and approximately 30 samples of products made from feathers, such as fabric swatches, cardboard, and yarn.

Content Description The USDA Food Quality Laboratory Photograph Albums consist of three albums that document the facilities, equipment, and processes used in studies of meat production at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Beltsville (Maryland) Agricultural Research Center (BARC). Photographs show the exterior of the abattoir at BARC-East, interior views of the Meat Quality Laboratory, scientific instruments and equipment, meat grading and cutting, comparative meat samples, and exhibits. There are also...

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The USDA Foot and Mouth Disease Research Laboratory Records consist of office files, correspondence, newspaper clippings, press releases, publications, reports to Congress, and materials related to cooperation between the United States and Mexico to eradicate foot-and-mouth disease in Mexico. These records support the plans of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to increase the security of the United States from foot-and-mouth disease through research during the late 1940s.