Cooper Curtice (nicknamed by some as "Dr. Ticks")

USDA veterinarian's research showed ticks were responsible for carrying the organism causing cattle fever

Collection Highlights 1900 watercolor of male Boophilus annulatus (Cattle Fever Tick) and portrait of Cooper Curtice In the late 1800s, Texas cattle fever disease (bovine babesiosis) caused U.S. livestock producers to lose large numbers of their herds. No one knew what caused the disease, how cattle spread it, or why it disappeared in the winter. USDA's Bureau of Animal Industry veterinarian Cooper Curtice's research showed that ticks carried the organisms Babesia bigemina and Babesia bovis. These organisms are responsible for infecting red blood cells of cattle, the destruction of which results in anemia, fever, and death. This new knowledge about cattle fever opened the way to understanding malaria, yellow fever, and typhus. Read about USDA's cooperative effort with state governments to eradicate cattle ticks in NAL's exhibit.

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