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UNINA9910826863103321 |
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Titolo |
Rinderpest and peste des petits ruminants : virus plagues of large and small ruminants / / edited by Thomas Barrett, Paul-Pierre Pastoret and William P. Taylor |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Amsterdam ; ; London, : Academic, c2006 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-63784-6 |
9786610637843 |
0-08-045589-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (389 p.) |
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Collana |
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Biology of animal infections |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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BarrettT |
PastoretPaul-Pierre |
TaylorWilliam P |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Ruminants - Virus diseases |
Rinderpest - History |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Rinderpest and Peste des Petits Ruminants Virus Plagues of Large and Small Ruminants; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; Series Introduction: Biology of Animal Infections; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; List of Plates; Rinderpest: a general introduction; The morbilliviruses; Molecular biology of the morbilliviruses; Rinderpest and peste des petits ruminants - the diseases: clinical signs and pathology; Rinderpest - an old and worldwide story: history to c.1902; Rinderpest in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries; Rinderpest and wildlife |
Diagnosis of rinderpest virus and peste des petits ruminants virusOld prophylactic methods; Immunology of rinderpest - an immunosuppression but a lifelong vaccine protection; History of vaccines and vaccination; New generation vaccines against rinderpest and peste des petits ruminants; Use of rinderpest vaccine in international programmes for the control and eradication of rinder-; Strategy for measles eradication; Towards the global eradication of rinderpest; Conclusions; Biographical notes on key players in rinderpest |
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