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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815772003321

Titolo

Animal health at the crossroads : preventing, detecting, and diagnosing animal diseases / / Committee on Assessing the Nation's Framework for Addressing Animal Diseases, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, c2005

ISBN

0-309-16499-0

1-280-26288-5

9786610262885

0-309-53338-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (286 p.)

Disciplina

636.089/6075

Soggetti

Animals - Diseases - United States

Veterinary medicine - Diagnosis - United States

Veterinary public health - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

FrontMatter -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 State and Quality of the Current System -- 3 Assessment of Current Framework: Case Studies -- 4 Gaps in the Animal Health Framework -- 5 Recommendations for Strenghtening the Animal Health Framework -- References -- APPENDIXES -- Appendix A Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Appendix B Glossary of Terms -- Appendix C Existing Federal System for Addressing Animal Diseases, AWhite Paper by Nga L. Tran, -- Appendix D Animal Diseases and Their Vectors -- Appendix E Biographical Sketches of Committee Members.