Emerging diseases of animals

Author(s)

• Brown, Corrie
• Bolin, Carole A

Bibliographic Information

Emerging diseases of animals

edited by Corrie Brown and Carole Bolin

ASM Press, c2000

• : hc

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

An in-depth review of various emerging diseases in animals that highlights the importance of veterinary medicine in the control of emerging diseases. * Offers a comprehensive overview of emerging diseases of animals. * Approaches emerging zoonotic diseases from the veterinary perspective. * Emphasizes the importance of veterinary medicine in the control of emerging diseases. This title is published by the American Society for Microbiology Press and distributed by Taylor and Francis in rest of world territories.

Table of Contents

Overview of Emerging Diseases in Animals. Classification of Animal Pathogens into a Biosafety Matrix. Biological Terrorism in Agriculture. Xenotransplantation. New Viruses from Fruit Bats Affecting Horses, Pigs and Humans. Understanding the Ecological and Epidemiology of Avian Influenza Viruses: Implications for Zoonotic Potential. Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies. Brucellosis in Terrestrial Wildlife and Marine Mammals. Leptospirosis. Enterhemorrhagic Escherichia coli in the Ruminant Host. The Global Epidemiology of Multiresistant Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium DT104. Bartonellosis. Plague Re-emergence of Tuberculosis in Animals in the United States

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Details

• NCID: BA50479015
• ISBN:
  • 1555812015
• LCCN: 00040167
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Washington, DC
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 310 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : SF781
  • DC21 : 636.089/69
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Communicable diseases in animals