'''Adrien Loir''' ([[December 15]], [[1862]] - [[1941]]) was a French [[bacteriologist]] who was born in [[Lyon]]. He was a nephew of [[Louis Pasteur]] and for much of his career was associated with the [[Pasteur Institute]] in [[Paris]].
From 1882-1888 Loir was an assistant in Pasteur's laboratory where he performed research on [[swine fever]]. In 1886 he installsinstalled the first anti-[[rabies]] clinic in [[St. Petersburg]]. Between 1888 and 1893 he makesmade two journeys to Australia to research [[anthrax]] and [[Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia|pleropneumonia]]. While there he investigatesinvestigated the use of chicken [[cholera]] [[bacillus]] in an attempt to eradicate the country's rabbit infestation.
In 1893 he foundsfounded the Pasteur Institute of Tunisia, and for several years iswas a professor of [[hygiene]] and [[bacteriology]] at the colonial school in [[Tunis]]. In 1906 he travelstraveled to Canada where he demonstrates that the equine disease, [[dourine]] is caused by the parasite ''[[trypanosoma equiperdum]]''.
