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Title

Mycobacterium bovis infection in animals and humans / [edited by] Charles O. Thoen, James H. Steele, Michael J. Gilsdorf.

Publication

Ames, Iowa : Blackwell Pub., 2006.

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Additional Authors

• Thoen, Charles O.
• Steele, James H.
• Gilsdorf, Michael J.

Description

xx, 329 pages : illustrations, maps; 26 cm

Subject

• Tuberculosis
• Tuberculosis in cattle
• Mycobacterium bovis
• AIDS (Disease) > Complications
• Tuberculosis, Bovine
• Mycobacterium bovis > pathogenicity

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Introduction / D. A. Enarson -- 2. Public health significance of M. bovis / P. LoBue -- 3. Human tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium bovis in Latin America and the Caribbean / V. Ritacco, M. D. Sequeira and I. N. de Kantor -- 4. Pathogenesis of Mycobacterium bovis / C. O. Thoen and R. G. Barletta -- 5. Epidemiology of Mycobacterium bovis / J. B. Kaneene and D. Pfeiffer -- 6. Diagnostic tests for bovine tuberculosis / C. O. Thoen and E. D. Ebel -- 7. Molecular techniques : applications in epidemiologic studies / N. B. Harris -- 8. Polymerase chain reaction detection of Mycobacteria tuberculosis complex in formalin fixed tissues / B. Thomson -- 9. Economics of bovine tuberculosis / J. Zinsstag, E. Schelling, F. Roth and R. Kazwala -- 10. A tuberculosis outbreak in farmed deer in Sweden and its economic consequences / G. Bolske, H. Wahlstrom, B. Larsson and J. A. Robertsson -- 11. Benefit and cost assessment of the U.S. bovine tuberculosis eradication program / M. Gilsdorf, E. D. Ebel and T. W. Disney -- 12. The fall and rise of bovine tuberculosis in Great Britain / T. Goodchild and R. Clifton-Hadley -- 13. Economic significance of bovine tuberculosis in Italy and effect of M. bovis infection in wild swine / A. Dondo, E. Ferroglio, M. Goria, G. Moda, L. Ruocco and P. Vignetta -- 14. The effect of wildlife reservoirs of Mycobacterium bovis on programs for the eradication of tuberculosis in cattle in Ireland / P. J. Quinn and J. D. Collins -- 15. Control and eradication of bovine tuberculosis in Central Europe / I. Pavlik -- 16. Bovine tuberculosis in Latin America and the Caribbean / V. Ritacco, P. Torres, M. D. Sequeira, A. Reniero and I. N. de Kantor -- 17. The status of Mycobacterium bovis in India / R. Verma -- 18. Bovine tuberculosis in Russia and the former states of the Soviet Union / I. Pavlik -- 19. Mycobacterium bovis in Africa / J. Zinsstag, R. R. Kazwala, I. Cadmus and L. Ayanwale -- 20. Current challenges to and impacts on the U.S. national bovine tuberculosis eradication program : Mycobacterium bovis outbreaks in alternative species and surveillance performance / M. Gilsdorf, L. Judge and E. D. Ebel -- 21. Effect of bovine tuberculosis in wildlife on a national eradication program - Canada / M. A. Koller-Jones, C. Turcotte, C. Lutze-Wallace and O. Surujballi -- 22. Bovine tuberculosis program in South Africa : the impact of M. bovis-infected wild species / N. Kriek -- 23. Bovine tuberculosis in China / D. Zhao, C. Wu and Z. Ning -- 24. Mycobacterium bovis infections in cattle in Germany / R. Weiss -- 25. Tuberculosis in captive exotic animals / G. West -- 26. Tuberculosis in fur seals and sea lions caused by Mycobacterium pinnipedii / D. Cousins -- 27. Tuberculosis in nonhuman primates with an emphasis on Mycobacterium bovis / P. A. Frost -- 28. DNA vaccines against tuberculosis / O. Chacon and J. Bannantine -- 29. Bovine tuberculosis : environmental public health preparedness considerations for the future / D. A. Ashford, L. Voelker and J. H. Steele.

ISBN

0813809193 (alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2005018463
• 9780813809199

OCLC

• ocm60767070
• SCSB-5241593

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries