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}}'''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]].
From 1882 to 1888 Loir was an assistant in Pasteur's laboratory in [[Paris]], where he performed research on [[swine fever]]. In 1886 he installed the first anti-[[rabies]] clinic in [[Saint Petersburg]]. Between 1888 and 1893 he made two journeys to Australia to research [[anthrax]] and [[Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia|pleropneumonia]]. While there he investigated the use of
In 1893 he founded the Pasteur Institute of Tunisia, and for several years was a professor of [[hygiene]] and [[bacteriology]] at the colonial school in [[Tunis]]. In 1906 he traveled to Canada where he demonstrated that the equine disease, [[dourine]] is caused by the parasite ''[[trypanosoma equiperdum]]''.
== Written works ==
* ''L'Institut pasteur d'Australie'', [[La Nature]] 9 July 1892 & 30 July 1892
* ''Chez les aborigènes australiens'', La Nature 23 June 1893 & 15 July 1893
* ''Les lapins en Australie'', La Nature 19 August 1893
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