A short essay on the long history of animal hygiene. [German]Original Title Eine kurze Abhandlung uber die lange Geschichte der Tierhygiene.

摘要

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.