Arresting Contagion : Science, Policy, and Conflicts over Animal Disease Control /

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Over sixty percent of all infectious human diseases, including tuberculosis, influenza, cholera, and hundreds more, are shared with other vertebrate animals. Arresting Contagion tells the story of how early efforts to combat livestock infections turned the United States from a disease-prone nation i...

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Autor principal: Olmstead, Alan L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2015]
Temas:
Animal health.
Animals > Diseases > Prevention > United States.
Communicable diseases in animals > Prevention > United States.
Food > Safety measure.
Livestock > Diseases > Prevention > United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General.
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures and Tables
  • 1. An Enduring Struggle
  • 2. Livestock Disease Environment and Industry Dynamics
  • 3. The Battle to Create the Bureau of Animal Industry
  • 4. The BAI in Action.
  • 5. Bad Blood.
  • 6. Contagions and Crises.
  • 7. The Hog Cholera Puzzle.
  • 8. Trichinosis, Trade, and Food Safety
  • 9. The Benevolence of the Butcher
  • 10. Bovine Tuberculosis and the Milk Problem
  • 11. The Eradication of Texas Fever
  • 12. An Impossible Undertaking
  • 13. Getting Off the Fix
  • 14. The Mirror of the Past
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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