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Robert Alexander Craig
1872–1939
A practical early-20th-century veterinary writer, this Purdue professor wrote clear guides meant to help farmers, stockmen, and students recognize and prevent disease in livestock. His best-known work, Common Diseases of Farm Animals, remained useful enough to be widely preserved and reprinted.
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Common Diseases of Farm Animals
by Robert Alexander Craig
About the author
Robert Alexander Craig was an American veterinary scientist and teacher associated with Purdue University in the early 1900s. Purdue’s archives describe him as a professor of veterinary science and veterinarian for the Indiana Experiment Station, and note that he earned his D.V.M. from Iowa State College of Agriculture in 1897.
Craig wrote practical books and bulletins on animal health, including Common Diseases of Farm Animals, as well as work on swine production and livestock disease. His writing was aimed less at specialists alone than at agricultural students and working animal owners, with an emphasis on clear explanations and useful treatment and prevention advice.
Some library records list him simply as born in 1872, while the date 1939 appears in cataloging and later references connected with his life and work. A full, well-documented public biography is hard to find, but the surviving record shows a writer-teacher who helped bring veterinary knowledge to everyday farm practice.