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Record Nr.

UNINA9910144844103321

Titolo

Bovine viral diarrhea virus : diagnosis, management, and control / / edited by Sagar M. Goyal and Julia F. Ridpath

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ames, Iowa, : Blackwell, 2005

ISBN

1-282-13687-9

9786612136870

0-470-34445-8

0-470-34408-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GoyalSagar M. <1944->

RidpathJulia F

Disciplina

636.208963427

Soggetti

Bovine viral diarrhea virus

Bovine viral diarrhea

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 Introduction and History; 2 Risk Assessment; 3 Classification and Molecular Biology; 4 Virus Replication; 5 Virus Transmission; 6 Clinical Features; 7 Pathogenesis; 8 Reproductive Disease and Persistent Infections; 9 Immunity and Immunosuppression; 10 Hosts; 11 Interactions of Virus and Host; 12 Diagnosis; 13 Vaccines; 14 Management Systems and Control Programs; 15 Conclusions and Future Research; Index

Sommario/riassunto

For almost 60 years, continual research on the subject of Bovine Viral Diarrhea (BVD) has raised as many questions as that research has answered. This common disease continues to cause sickness, death, abortion and fetal anomalies despite the millions of vaccination doses used each year to prevent its spread. Written by international experts on the subject of the BVD virus, BVDV: Diagnosis, Management and Control includes the latest information on BVD and outlines methods of diagnosis, management and control. Researchers, academics, and large animal practitioners will find this book an invalua