Rinderpest and Peste des Petits Ruminants Virus Plagues of Large and Small Ruminants

Name: Rinderpest and Peste des Petits Ruminants Virus Plagues of Large and Small Ruminants
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ISBN: 9780080455891

ISBN-10: 0080455891

ISBN-13: 9780080455891

Edition: 2005

Authors: William P. Taylor, Thomas Barrett, Paul-Pierre Pastoret, Gordon Scott

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Rinderpest and Peste des Petits Ruminants tells the story of how, by the year 2010, scientists are set to globally eradicate one of the great historic plagues that has ravaged human livestock for centuries. Descriptions of the disease in Europe date back to the 4th century and it was regularly re-introduced following wars and other civil unrest until late in the 19th century. It was introduced with devastating effect into Africa towards the end of the 19th century and is now widespread across sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and Southern Asia. Its causative agent, rinderpest virus, a morbillivirus very closely related to human measles virus, decimates the cattle population along with…

Book details

List price: $156.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Elsevier
Publication date: 11/15/2005
Binding: E-Book
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long
Language: English

Professor Barrett heads the Morbillivirus Group at the Institute for Animal Health's Pirbright Laboratory.