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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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Olmstead, Alan L. (Author), Rhode, Paul Webb (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
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
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