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Edwin George Hastings (August 11, 1872,

tuberculin test to herds of cattle. Hastings was the president in 1923 of the American Society for Microbiology.[1]

Biography

Born on a farm near

Journal of Dairy Science.[1]

Paratuberculosis (Johne's disease) is a chronic infectious disease of cattle. In 1909 Bernhard Bang reported the testing of cattle by means of subcutaneous administration of avian tuberculin. He found the testing was successful for many cattle infected with paratuberculosis.[4] Working with the United States Bureau of Animal Industry, Hastings was among the first scientists in the USA to isolate the causative organism of paratuberculosis and to manufacture and apply johnin in testing cattle for paratuberculosis.[1]

Hastings and his colleagues did important work in improving the quality of cow's milk and cheese for human consumption. His research with Harry Luman Russell on the heat resistance of

cheese cultures, and Bang's antigen".[1][5]

In 1910 Hastings was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[6] His presidential address to the American Society of Microbiology was given on December 29, 1923.[7][8] In 1942 Ohio State University awarded him an honorary doctorate.[2]

His doctoral students include James Morgan Sherman.[9]

Selected publications

  • Russell, Harry Luman; Hastings, Edwin George (February 1906). Distribution of Tuberculosis in Suspected and Non-Suspected Herds in Wisconsin. Vol. 133. University of Wisconsin, Agricultural Experiment Station. pp. 1–14.
  • Russell, Harry Luman; ——— (1905). A Swiss Cheese Trouble Caused by a Gas-forming Yeast.
  • Farrington, Edward Holyoke; ——— (1907). The Pasteurization and the Inspection of Creamery and Cheese Factory By-products.
  • Russell, Harry Luman; ——— (1909). Agricultural Bacteriology.
  • ———; Evans, Alice C.; Hart, Edwin Bret (1912). The Bacteriology of Cheddar Cheese.
  • ———; Evans, Alice Catherine; Hart, Edwin Bret (1912). Studies on the Factors Concerned in the Ripening of Cheddar Cheese.
  • ———; Halpin, James Garfield (1913). Avian Tuberculosis.
  • ——— (1914). What Has Been Done with the Tuberculin Test in Wisconsin.
  • Russell, Harry Luman; ——— (1920). Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology: A Concise Manual for the Use of Students in Dairying (11th ed.). H.L. Russell.
  • Peterson, William Harold; ———; Fred, Edwin Broun (1925). A Study of the Principal Changes which Take Place in the Making of Silage.

References

  1. ^
    PMID 13117802
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  2. ^ a b c d Cattell, Jaques, ed. (1949). American Men of Science: A Biographical Dictionary. Lancaster, Pennsylvania: The Science Press. p. 1058.
  3. ^ Hastings, Edwin George (1899). A Study of the Action of Various Types of Bacteria Upon the Nitrogenous Constituents of Milk.
  4. ^ Larsen, Aubrey B. (June 1951). Johne's Disease (Paratuberculosis) of Cattle. Circular No. 873. United States Department of Agriculture. p. 5.
  5. ^ Mohler, J. R. (1926). Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, 1940. (mention of Bang's antigen)
  6. ^ "Historic Fellows". American Association for the Advancement of Science.
  7. PMID 16559039
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  8. PMID 13081545
    . (See p. 224.)
  9. ^ "Edwin George Hastings". Chemistry Tree.
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