This is a quick reference guide to meet the increasing demand from small animal veterinarians to treat the farm animals of local hobby farmers, small holders and people with novelty pets. The coverage includes popular animals such as cattle, sheep, goats, South American Camelids…
First published in 1958, the Tenth Edition is a fully revised and updated version of this classic reference. Now published in association with the American Association of Swine Veterinarians, the Tenth Edition adds new knowledge throughout in a reorganized format to provide more…
This is a multi-authored book with a focus on the role of olfaction (the sense of smell) in the multitude of interactions between arthropods and their blood hosts. Most arthropods, like insects, do not depend on a vertebrate host for survival and reproduction. In contrast, the f…
Infectious Disease Management in Animal Shelters" is a comprehensive guide to preventing, managing, and treating disease outbreaks in shelters. Emphasizing strategies for the prevention of illness and mitigation of disease, this book provides detailed, practical information rega…
A timely exploration of the impact of global change on the emergence, reemergence, and control of vector-borne and zoonotic viral infections From massively destructive ""superstorms"" to rapidly rising sea levels, the world media is abuzz with talk of the threats to civilization…
Foodborne Parasites in the Food Supply Web: Occurrence and Control provides an overview of the occurrence, transmission, and control of parasites in the food chain, including an introduction to the topic from the perspectives of various issues surrounding foodborne parasites. Th…
This book is a comprehensive, synthetic review of research on the ecology of Lyme disease in North America. It describes how humans get sick, why some years and places are so risky and others not. It challenges dogma - for instance, that risk is closely tied to the abundance of …
"There is increasing understanding, globally, that climate change will have profound and mostly harmful effects on human health. This authoritative book brings together international experts to describe both direct (such as heat waves) and indirect (such as vector-borne disease …
"The scientific study of networks--computer, social, and biological--has received an enormous amount of interest in recent years. However, the network approach has been applied to the field of animal behaviour relatively late compared to many other biological disciplines. Unders…
"This is the first book to be published which specifically focuses on Asian Citrus Psyllid and the intractable disease it spreads in citrus crops (Huanglongbing disease)"--
Antimicrobial use is under debate, and it is becoming standard practice in the animal production industry to implement thorough biosecurity plans to prevent the spread of pathogenic micro-organisms. This book provides a wealth of practical information on the application of biose…
This book contains 33 chapters focusing on taxonomy, population dynamics, biological characteristics, feeding behaviour, crop damage, disease transmission, control, monitoring and forecasting of aphid pests of various crops. The efficacy of various methods (biological, chemical,…
Salmonelloisi. Typhoid fever. Staphylococal food poisoning. Botulism. Shigelloisis. Streptococal food infection. Cholera. Clostridium perfringens food poisoning. Escherichia coli diarrhea. Brucellosis. Tularemia. Leptospirosis. Other bacterial fooddborne and waterborne diseases.…
This book contains 20 chapters covering a range of infectious diseases, as well as a few non-infectious diseases such as cancer, and how they greatly affected the course of human history. It explores host-pathogen relationship, transmission routes, evolution, and global spread o…
This book discusses the different aspects involved in the trade in animals. Chapters include the history of animal trade; trade policies for animal products; trade wars, sanctions and discrimination; trade in meat; trade in dairy, wool and fur products; trade in live farm animal…
This book discusses the different aspects involved in the trade in animals. Chapters include the history of animal trade; trade policies for animal products; trade wars, sanctions and discrimination; trade in meat; trade in dairy, wool and fur products; trade in live farm animal…
Mycobacteria have been associated with human and animal disease for millennia. This book is founded on a principle of cross-disciplinary inclusion and the belief that by bringing together all members of the mycobacterial research community we could achieve a better understanding…
