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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-05-25 human Rosanne Walker updated 2022-10-06 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003385b.htm person Danysz Jean AACR2 1860 1928 Place of Birth Poland Microbiologist Jean Danysz spent much of his working life at the Institut Pasteur in France and isolated a 'new' strain of Pasteurella which was thought to selectively kill off feral rabbits. He arrived in Australia in 1906 on the invitation of the Council of the Pastures Protection Board to set up trials of his biological agent. Danysz and his workers were given a sizeable area on Broughton Island (off the New South Wales coast) to carry out their experiments. After many successful preliminary trials, Jean Danysz left Australia in May 1907. The Australian scientist Dr Tidswell and Danysz's assistant A. Latapie continued with the trials. The strain was eventually found to be identical to one already isolated in Australia and although the 'virus' did not appear to harm any animals other than rabbits it was not an effective method of culling the feral rabbit population. Danysz also brought with him two cultures of Ratin and Azoa which were said to kill rats during the bubonic plague. Both were also tested in Australia for their efficacy, but proved to be of little use. 1893 Career position - Microbiologist at the Institut Pasteur in France 1906 1906 Life event - Arrived in Australia on the Magnolia 1907 1907 Life event - Returned to France

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 'Danysz, Jean', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Danysz, Jean Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Jean Danysz Biography Pasteur Institute Jean Danysz Biography Journal Article: Jean Danysz - a Forgotten Visitor to Australia Rountree, P. M Jean Danysz - a Forgotten Visitor to Australia 1988 Australian Microbiologist 9 35-42 Journal Article: Dr Jan Danysz and the rabbits of Australia Paszkowski, Lech Dr Jan Danysz and the rabbits of Australia 1969 Australian Zoologist 15 2 109-20 Institut Pasteur archival records of Jean Danysz Institut Pasteur, Paris, France Institut Pasteur archival records of Jean Danysz 1860 - 1928