José
Reis, Brazilian veterinarian and science popularizer (Rio de Janeiro 12 June
1907 – São Paulo 16 May 2002) Recognized as a world expert on
avian diseases Coined the term ornithopathology With P.C. Nóbrega described Eimeria rhynchoti 1936 (Protozoa
Apicomplexa) With P. C. Nóbrega proposed inoculation in pigeons as
way for diagnosis of avian cholera in Arqu. Inst. Biol. 8:183, 1937 Described Aspergillum
keratomycosis in Arqu. Inst. Biol. 11:437-50, 1939 With P. C. Nóbrega described a new technique for
chicken embryo egg based vaccine preparation for avian spirochaetosis in Arqu.
Inst. Biol. S. Paulo 12:87, 1941 Developed a prophylactic vaccine for avian yaws With his wife, pharmacist Anita Sodré Swensson Reis
(1910 - 1999) and Paulo da Cunha Nóbrega authored Tratado de Ornitopatologia
(Treatise of Ornithopathology) translated to many languages (1936). This book
was regarded as complete and used (in Portuguese) at Rutgers University With K.M. Silberschmidt & H. Rocha Lima
authored Methoden der Virusforschungen later incorporated to Abderhalden’s
Handbuch der biologischen Arbeitsmethoden (1939) |
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