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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450466503321

Titolo

Dogs, zoonoses, and public health [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Calum N.L. Macpherson, Francois X. Meslin, Alexander I. Wandeler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : CABI Pub., c2000

ISBN

1-280-81185-4

9786610811854

0-85199-962-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (396 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MacphersonC. N. L (Calum N. L.)

MeslinF.-X (Francois-X.)

WandelerAlexander I

Disciplina

614.4/3

Soggetti

Zoonoses

Communicable diseases in animals

Animals as carriers of disease

Dogs - Diseases

Public health

Electronic books.

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contributors; Preface; 1 The Human-Dog Relationship: a Tale of Two Species; 2 Dog Ecology and Population Biology; 3 Dogs and Rabies; 4 Dogs and Bacterial Zoonoses; 5 Dogs and Protozoan Zoonoses; 6 Dogs and Trematode Zoonoses; 7 Dogs and Cestode Zoonoses; 8 Dogs and Nematode Zoonoses; 9 Dogs and Ectoparasitic Zoonoses; 10 Zoonoses and Immunosuppressed Populations; 11 Dog Population Management; 12 Zoonese Control in Dogs; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Both domestic and wild dogs are potential carriers of many disease organisms that can infect humans and hence constitute a risk to public health. This book addresses this issue on a international basis.