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A manufactured plague : the history of foot-and-mouth disease in Britain /
Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is currently regarded as one of the world's worst animal plagues. But how did this label become attached to a curable disease that poses little threat to human health? And why in the epidemic of 2001 did the government's control strategy still rely upon Victori...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; Sterling, VA :
EARTHSCAN,
2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is currently regarded as one of the world's worst animal plagues. But how did this label become attached to a curable disease that poses little threat to human health? And why in the epidemic of 2001 did the government's control strategy still rely upon Victorian trade restrictions and mass slaughter? This groundbreaking and well-researched book shows that for over a century FMD has brought fear tragedy and sorrow- damaging businesses and affecting international relations. Yet these effects were neither inevitable nor caused by FMD itself but were rather the produc. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 208 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-200) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781849770309 1849770301 1417583177 9781417583171 9781844070800 1844070808 9781844070817 1844070816 9781136572968 1136572961 9781136572913 1136572910 9781136572951 1136572953 1280474904 9781280474903 9786610474905 6610474907 6000000367 9786000000363 |