Formation and development of zemstvo veterinary service at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries (according to the data of the Tula province)

The article examines the process of the emergence and subsequent development of zemstvo veterinary service in the Tula province at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. This direction at the initial period of local governments activity did not receive due attention. However, the spread of extensive diseases of livestock gave a powerful impetus to the expansion of activities in this direction in the future. The development of zemstvo veterinary service is a vivid example of the awareness of the importance of livestock health problem, as well as a point-based and largely effective solution of the problem.