Pests and Vector-borne Diseases in the Livestock Industry

Pests and Vector-borne Diseases in the Livestock Industry
Author: Claire Garros
Publisher: Brill Wageningen Academic
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Insect pests
ISBN: 9789086863150

"How to control economically important vector-borne diseases? What are the best strategies to protect livestock from vector-borne diseases in a changing environment? How to evaluate and assess the acceptability, cost efficiency and cost benefit of the control and surveillance methods? The information in this book will help to answer these questions. It aims at presenting the latest information on vector-borne diseases affecting livestock worldwide, from state-of-the art interventions to the assessment of the impact of these control measures. This book is a valuable tool for entomologists and all those involved in pest and vector control."

Rickettsial Diseases

Rickettsial Diseases
Author: Didier Raoult
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2007-04-26
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 142001997X

The only available reference to comprehensively discuss the common and unusual types of rickettsiosis in over twenty years, this book will offer the reader a full review on the bacteriology, transmission, and pathophysiology of these conditions. Written from experts in the field from Europe, USA, Africa, and Asia, specialists analyze specific patho

Combating and Controlling Nagana and Tick-Borne Diseases in Livestock

Combating and Controlling Nagana and Tick-Borne Diseases in Livestock
Author: Orenge, Caleb Oburu
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 440
Release: 2021-01-29
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1799864359

African animal trypanosomosis (AAT), also called nagana, is a trans-boundary disease that has had an immense impact on cattle and is ranked among the top global cattle diseases. This and tick-borne diseases have caused major obstacles to sustainable livestock-based agricultural production and food security and are important factors in underdevelopment. Due to decreasing efficacy of available drugs, widespread trypanosome resistance, and the difficulty of sustaining other control measures, there is a need for alternative sustainable strategies to reduce the impact these diseases have on livestock. Combating and Controlling Nagana and Tick-Borne Diseases in Livestock provides the latest empirical research findings on the effects of African animal trypanosomiasis (nagana) and tick-borne disease infection in livestock, their impact on farmer livelihoods, and the measures that can be undertaken to mitigate negative effects and reduce the number of infections. While highlighting topic areas such as disease history and transmission, treatments, and the economic impacts, this book is essential for farmers, animal health and animal production professionals and practitioners, non-government organizations, researchers, academicians, and students working in fields that include but are not limited to agriculture, livestock production, environmental science, veterinary medicine, veterinary pathology, and epidemiology.

The Story of the Cattle-fever Tick

The Story of the Cattle-fever Tick
Author: Chris Lauriths Christensen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 750
Release: 1927
Genre: Agricultural colleges
ISBN:

This publication provides a section which gives a brief description of the various offices within the United States Department of Agriculture and their functions, followed by a directory, and an Index of Names.

Farm Animals Diseases, Recent Omic Trends and New Strategies of Treatment

Farm Animals Diseases, Recent Omic Trends and New Strategies of Treatment
Author: Rosa Estela Quiroz Castañeda
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2018-03-21
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9535139118

The scope of this book is to present the most recent trends based on omic analyses of microorganisms causing diseases in farm animals and how these approaches result in new strategies of treatment. The topics in this book include fasciolosis, avian coccidiosis, bovine anaplasmosis, tick-borne diseases, and babesiosis, among others. This book presents the recent advances in the omic field with an emphasis on how these analyses have led researchers to know the mechanisms that pathogens use to invade and colonize the host cell of farm animals. In this way, new treatments of control and prevention can be employed.

Food in Zones of Conflict

Food in Zones of Conflict
Author: Paul Collinson
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2014-09
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1782384030

"The availability of food is an especially significant issue in zones of conflict because conflictnearly always impinges on the production and the distribution of food, and causes increased competition for food, land and resources Controlling the production of and access to food can also be used as a weapon by protagonists in conflict. The logistics of supply of food to military personnel operating in conflictzones is another important issue. These themes unite this collection, the chapters of which span different geographic areas. This volume will appeal to scholars in a number of different disciplines, including anthropology, nutrition, political science, development studies and international relations, as well as practitioners working in the private and public sectors, who are currently concerned with food-related issues in the field."--Page [4] of cover.