MS 19 Fort Dodge Laboratories

Descriptive summary

creator:	The Fort Dodge Laboratories
title:	Records
dates:	1890-1951, n.d.
extent:	5.04 linear feet
collection number:	MS 19
repository:	Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

Administrative information

access:	Open for research
publication rights:	Consult Head, Special Collections Department
preferred citation:	The Fort Dodge Laboratories Records, MS 19, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

Historical note

Founded by Dr. D. E. Baughman in 1911 as the Ames Vaccine Company of Ames, Iowa, the facilities were moved to Fort Dodge, Iowa in 1912. Renamed the Fort Dodge Serum Company it underwent another name change in 1932, becoming the Fort Dodge Laboratories. In 1945, the company was acquired by the pharmaceutical research corporation American Home Products and is now known as Fort Dodge Animal Health.

With its roots in the development of the anti hog cholera serum, the Fort Dodge Laboratories produces numerous veterinary medicine drugs primarily used in the treatment of farm livestock and household pets.

Fort Dodge has an impressive history of animal health “firsts,” including: the first canine Lyme disease vaccine, first genetically cloned feline leukemia vaccine, the first feline ringworm vaccine, and the first complete line of equine vaccines.

In 1995, Fort Dodge established its worldwide headquarters in Overland Park, Kansas, following the acquisition of the American Cyanamid Company and Syntex Animal Health.

In addition to the worldwide headquarters, Fort Dodge Animal Health has global biological facilities in Fort Dodge, Iowa; Charles City, Iowa; Campinas, Brazil; Sligo, Ireland; Weesp, Netherlands; Olot, Spain; Glenorie, Australia; and Penrith, Australia. Global pharmaceutical facilities are located in Fort Dodge, Iowa; Charles City, Iowa; Varela, Argentina; Olot, Spain; Catania, Italy; Bulsar, India; and Hsinchu, Taiwan.

Collection description

The Iowa State University collection represents primarily the work done on development of the manufacturing process for anti-hog cholera serum. H. J. Shore and Marion Dorset discovered anti-hog cholera serum around the turn of the century.

The correspondence in the Iowa State collection is that of H. J. Shores dating from 1918.

The collection also includes an index, which is broken down into four categories. The first section is an index to circular letters and Bureau of Animal Industry letters. At the extreme right is the subject heading, here you look up the topic you are interested in. Going across the page you will see a column labeled circular letters and Bureau of Animal Industry letters. Both these correspond with the number or date of the circular letter or the Bureau of Animal Industry letter which deals with the given topic.

The remaining three sections are merely correspondence, notices, etc. which were placed in this index.

Container list

Box	Folder	Title	Dates
1	1	Correspondence: Bureau of Animal Industry	1918-1919
1	2	Correspondence: Bureau of Animal Industry	1920
1	3	Correspondence: Bureau of Animal Industry	1921
1	4	Correspondence: Bureau of Animal Industry	1922
1	5	Correspondence: Bureau of Animal Industry	1923-1924
1	6	Correspondence: Bureau of Animal Industry	1925-1928
2	1	Correspondence: Bureau of Animal Industry	1933
2	2	Correspondence: Government Correspondence	1928-1935
2	3	Correspondence: Hog Cholera Virus	1929-1934
2	4	Correspondence: Anti Hog Cholera Serum	1922-1939
2	5	Circulars: Amendments to the Bureau of Animal Industry orders	1929
2	6	Circulars: Bulletins Issued to Virus Serum Controllers and others	1932
2	7	Circulars: Department of Agriculture (U.S.)Circular Letters.	1915-1941
3	1	Circulars: Department of Agriculture (U.S.)Monthly Notices	1927-1935
3	2	Circulars: Department of Agriculture (U.S.)Monthly Notices	1936-1945
3	3	Circulars: Instruction Sheets (Serum Preparation and Laboratory Technique)	1938-1940
3	4	Circulars: USDA Licenses Issued
3	5	Circulars: Report of Chief of Bureau of Animal Industry	1914-1930
3	6	Circulars: Report of Chief of Bureau of Animal Industry	1931-1941
3	7	Circulars: Report of Chief of Bureau of Animal Industry	1941-1947
4	1	Circulars: Report of Chief of Bureau of Animal Industry	1948-1951
4	2	Circulars: Report of the Secretary of Agriculture	1915-1917
4	3	Circulars: Report of Canadian Veterinary Director General	1913-1918
4	4	Circulars: U.S. Veterinary Licenses and Permits Biologics Produced and Destroyed	1932,1936
4	5	Circulars: Miscellaneous Papers	1931-1934
4	6	Pamphlet Series: Anaplasmosis	1934
4	7	Pamphlet Series: Anemia	1929
4	8	Pamphlet Series: Anthelmintics	1920
4	9	Pamphlet Series: Avian	1938
4	10	Pamphlet Series: Avian	1934-1940
4	11	Pamphlet Series: Avian	1915-1941
5	1	Pamphlet Series: Avian	1920-1950
5	2	Pamphlet Series: Bacteria and Bacterins	1931
5	3	Pamphlet Series: Bacteriology	1911-1938
5	4	Pamphlet Series: Blood Serum	1923
5	5	Pamphlet Series: Bovine	1919-1935
5	6	Pamphlet Series: Bovine	1925-1948
5	7	Pamphlet Series: Bovine	1935-1941
6	1	Pamphlet Series: Bovine	1914-1943
6	2	Pamphlet Series: Canine	1913-1940
6	3	Pamphlet Series: Chick, Eggs etc.	1914-1930
6	4	Pamphlet Series: Clostridium Chauvei	n.d.
6	5	Pamphlet Series: Diptheroid Toxin	1932-1952
6	6	Pamphlet Series: Distemper	n.d.
6	7	Pamphlet Series: Drugs	1917-1934
6	8	Pamphlet Series: Equine	1909-1941
6	9	Pamphlet Series: Equine Encephalomyelitis	1913-1938
6	10	Pamphlet Series: Equine Encephalomyelitis	1931-1936
6	11	Pamphlet Series: Fox Encephalitis	1930-1934
6	12	Pamphlet Series: Fur Bearing Animal	1931
6	13	Pamphlet Series: Genetics	1934
7	1	Pamphlet Series: Hemmorhagia Septicema	1919-1934
7	2	Pamphlet Series: Hog Cholera	n.d.
7	3	Pamphlet Series: Homo Sapiens	1914-1943
7	4	Pamphlet Series: Homo Sapiens	1914-1943
7	5	Pamphlet Series: Insects	1914-1934
7	6	Pamphlet Series: Laboratory Animals	1914-1932
7	7	Pamphlet Series: Meat Inspection	1934
7	8	Pamphlet Series: Meningococci	1917-1930
7	9	Pamphlet Series: Nodular Worm Disease of Sheep	n.d.
7	10	Pamphlet Series: Opthalmia	1933
7	11	Pamphlet Series: Ovine	1925-1943
7	12	Pamphlet Series: Parasites	1911-1943
7	13	Pamphlet Series: Paratyphoid	1918-1934
8	1	Pamphlet Series: Phenothiazine	1940-1942
8	2	Pamphlet Series: Piroplasmosis	1931-1934
8	3	Pamphlet Series: Pneumococcus	1925-1935
8	4	Pamphlet Series: Poliomyeliti	1930
8	5	Pamphlet Series: Porcine	1914-1936
8	6	Pamphlet Series: Porcine	1914-1938
8	7	Pamphlet Series: Porcine	1909-1936
8	8	Pamphlet Series: Porcine	1913-1940
8	9	Pamphlet Series: Porcine	1917-1951
9	1	Pamphlet Series: Porcine	1890-1949
9	2	Pamphlet Series: Pregnancy, Semen, Spermatazoa	1933-1934
9	3	Pamphlet Series: Rabbits	1920
9	4	Pamphlet Series: Rabies	1930-1932
9	5	Pamphlet Series: Rats and Mice	1925-1949
9	6	Pamphlet Series: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever	1931-1937
9	7	Pamphlet Series: Serum	1934
9	8	Pamphlet Series: Sulfa Drugs	1942
9	9	Pamphlet Series: Trichomonas Vaginalis and Foetus	1941
9	10	Pamphlet Series: Tuberculosis	1928-1935
9	11	Pamphlet Series: Typhoid Fever	1917-1932
9	12	Pamphlet Series: Vaccine Virus	1929-1930
9	13	Pamphlet Series: Water Purification	1931
9	14	Miscellaneous Papers: Selected Papers from the 12th International Veterinary Congress	1934
9	15	Miscellaneous Papers: Announcements of the Department of Agriculture	1907-1941
10	1	Miscellaneous Papers: Announcements of the Department of Agriculture	1915-1946
10	2	Miscellaneous Papers: Legal Aspects of U. S. Department of Agriculture	1915-1940
10	3	Miscellaneous Papers: Index	1919-1948
10	4	Miscellaneous Papers: Baughman, Daniel – Biographical Information	1998