Arresting contagion : science, policy, and conflicts over animal disease control /

Sixty percent of infectious human diseases are shared with other vertebrates. Alan Olmstead and Paul Rhode tell how innovations to combat livestock infections--border control, food inspection, drug regulation, federal research labs--turned the U.S. into a world leader in combatting communicable dise...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Olmstead, Alan L. (Autor), Rhode, Paul Webb (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
Temas:
United States > Bureau of Animal Industry
Communicable diseases in animals > United States > Prevention.
Livestock > Diseases > United States > Prevention.
Animals > Diseases > United States > Prevention.
Communicable diseases in animals > United States > Prevention > Decision making.
Animal health.
Food > Safety measures.
Animal Diseases > history
Disease Transmission, Infectious > prevention & control
Health Policy > history
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
Santé animale.
Aliments > Sécurité > Mesures.
Médecine > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Animal Husbandry.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > General.
Animal health
Communicable diseases in animals > Prevention
Food > Safety measures
Livestock > Diseases > Prevention
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Sixty percent of infectious human diseases are shared with other vertebrates. Alan Olmstead and Paul Rhode tell how innovations to combat livestock infections--border control, food inspection, drug regulation, federal research labs--turned the U.S. into a world leader in combatting communicable diseases, and remain central to public health policy.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 465 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-446) and index.
ISBN:0674736044
9780674736047

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