Self-Vaccination Mechanism
notes: label: Description
content: Vac-Trap self-vaccination mechanism for use with wild animals, developed by George M. Baer (1936-2009), head of the Rabies Laboratory at the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, and tested by William G. Winkler (1932-2013), a veterinarian with the CDC.
label: Description
content: Ref: George M. Baer and William G. Winkler, “Oral Rabies Immunization of Carnivores,” U.S. Patent 4,014,991 (March 27, 1977).
label: Description
content: William G. Winkler and Konrad Bőgel, “Control of Rabies in Wildlife,” Scientific American 266 (June 1992): 86-93.
label: Description
content: "Rabies is Spreading Rapidly Here, Disease Center Warns," Washington Post (Oct. 21, 1982), pp. A1, A31.
label: Description
content: “Death of Former CDC Employee and Noted Rabies Expert—George M. Baer, DVM, MPH,” One Health Initiative (June 17, 2009).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: The Antibody Initiative
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Antibody Initiative: Rabies
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. William G. Winkler
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1993.0320.01
label: catalog number
content: 1993.0320.01
label: accession number
content: 1993.0320
objectType: label: Object Name
content: vaccinator, rabies
label: Object Name
content: trap, animal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: steel; paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 25.5 cm x 13.5 cm x 17.5 cm; 10 1/32 in x 5 5/16 in x 6 7/8 in