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The Pentland Press, Edinburgh, 1996. First Edition. Softcover (Stiff Boards). Fine Condition. First impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 166 pages. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. Vic Smith arrived in Vom on the Plateau in Nigeria in 1957 where, apart from about a year in Lagos and a month or two in Bornu Province, he worked in the Veterinary Research Laboratories until his departure from the country. He writes in a straightforward way about diseases such as rinderpest, rabies and foot-and-mouth, and the production of viral vaccines. The technical information he gives is enlivened from time to time by anecdotal material eg the fine vegetables on sale to Europeans in Jos "grown in plots fertilised with 'night soil' from the native quarters"; and the dead horse on the coldroom floor, "its legs pointing vertically upwards with cartons of precious vaccines balanced precariously on its hooves"! Vic Smith's book gives a good idea of what life…
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- Título Birds, Beasts and Bature
- Autor Smith, Vic
- Encuadernación Tapa blanda
- Páginas 166 pp
- Editorial The Pentland Press
- Fecha de publicación 1996
- ISBN 9781858214047
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- 9781858214047 / 1858214041
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The Pentland Press , 1996 . Paperback. . Card wraps. Illustrated. The picture on this listing page is of the actual book for sale. VG+ paperback (light edgewear and clean unmarked text). Ex school library but looks as if it has never been issued.
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