Louis-Joseph Alcide Railliet
Louis-Joseph Alcide Railliet (also known as Alcide Railliet, born March 11, 1852 at La Neuville-lès-Wasigny in the Ardennes - died December 25, 1930) was a French veterinarian and helminthologist.
Professor at the Veterinary School of Alfort, he received the Legion of Honor. He is considered one of the founders of modern parasitology. He chaired the Zoological Society of France in 1891. He was a member of the Academy of Medicine.[1]
Tributes
Raillietina is the name a genus of tapeworms that includes helminth parasites of vertebrates, and mostly of birds. The genus was named in 1920 in honour of Louis-Joseph Alcide Railliet.
Bibliography
- Éléments de zoologie médicale et agricole, Asselin et Houzeau, Paris, 1885.
- Notices helminthologiques, impr. de Vve Renou et Maulde, Paris, 1885.
- Parasites animaux : Les Parasites transmissibles des animaux à l'homme, envisagés spécialement au point de vue de la prophylaxie, A. Maulde, Paris, 1892.
- "Une nouvelle affection parasitaire du lièvre et du lapin de garenne", in Revue des sciences naturelles appliquées, n˚8, 20 avril 1890.
- "Les Parasites de nos animaux domestiques", in Revue des sciences naturelles appliquées, n˚16, 20 août 1890.
- Avec Léon Moulé, Histoire de l'École d'Alfort, Paris, Asselin et Houzeau,1908.[2]
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Railliet Alcide |
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| Short description |
Veterinarian and helminthologist |
| Date of birth |
March 11, 1852 |
| Place of birth |
La Neuville-lès-Wasigny, France |
| Date of death |
December 25, 1930 |
| Place of death |
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