Bluetongue (Biology of Animal Infections) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0123693683 ISBN 13: 9780123693686

Publisher: Academic Press, 2008

Synopsis

The third volume in the Institute of Animal Health (IAH) Biology of Animal Infections Series, Bluetongue discusses one of the most economically important diseases of domesticated livestock. Affecting primarily sheep particularly the improved mutton and wool breeds, it is now endemic in Africa, India, the Middle and Far East, Australia and the Americas, and over the last six years has caused a series of outbreaks throughout the Mediterranean region and central Europe. Bluetongue represent a paradigm not only for the other orbiviruses (such as African horse sickness virus, which shares the same vector species) but also for other insect transmitted diseases, including those of humans.

• The only single definitive work that provides both historical and up to date data on the disease
• Describes the latest developments in epidemiological modelling, molecular epidemiology and vaccine development, as well as explaining the current global epidemiology of the disease
• Outlines the importance and possible mechanisms of overwintering, and the impact of global warming on the vectors and virus distribution

About this title

About the Author

Edited by Peter Mertens, Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright Laboratory, UK; Matthew Baylis, Veterinary Clinical Science, Leahurst, Neston, UK; and Philip Mellor, Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright Laboratory, Department of Arbovirology, UK

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0123693683
• ISBN 13: 9780123693686
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 506
• Editor: Mertens Peter, Baylis Matthew, Mellor Philip