ISBN10: 178639152X, ISBN13: 9781786391520, [publisher: CABI Publishing, Wallingford] Hardcover Hardcover. This book is contemporary, topical and global in its approach, and provides an essential, comprehensive treatise on bovine tuberculosis and the bacterium that causes it, Mycobacterium bovis. Bovine tuberculosis remains a major cause of economic loss in cattle industries worldwide, exacerbated in some countries by the presence of a substantial wildlife reservoir. It is a major zoonosis, causing human infection through consumption of unpasteurised milk or by close contact with infected animals. Following a systematic approach, expert international authors cover epidemiology and the global situation; microbial virulence and pathogenesis; host responses to the pathogen; and diagnosis and control of the disease. Aimed at researchers and practising veterinarians, this book is essential for those needing comprehensive information on the pathogen and disease, and offers a summary of key information learned from human tuberculosis research. It will be useful to those studying the infection and for those responsible for controlling the disease. This book is a systematic, comprehensive treatise of bovine tuberculosis and the bacterium, Mycobacterium bovis, which causes it. Bovine tuberculosis remains a major cause of economic loss in cattle industries worldwide. There is no other book which treats the various aspects of the problem in such a systematic way. Shipping may be ...
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[Southport, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2018]