Bovine Tuberculosis [Hardcover]

Contemporary, topical and global in its approach, this book provides an essential, comprehensive treatise of bovine tuberculosis and the bacterium, Mycobacterium bovis, which causes it.

Following a systematic approach, expert international authors cover epidemiology and the global situation, microbial virulence and pathogenesis, host responses to the pathogen, as well as diagnosis and control.

Aimed at the researcher and the practicing veterinarian, this book is essential for all those needing comprehensive information on the pathogen and the disease as well a summary of key information learned from human tuberculosis research. It will be useful to those studying the infection itself and for those in different countries responsible for controlling the disease.This book is contemporary, topical and global in its approach, and provides an essential, comprehensive treatise on bovine tuberculosis and the bacterium that causes it, Mycobacterium bovis. Bovine tuberculosis remains a major cause of economic loss in cattle industries worldwide, exacerbated in some countries by the presence of a substantial wildlife reservoir. It is a major zoonosis, causing human infection through consumption of unpasteurized milk or by close contact with infected animals.

Following a systematic approach, expert international authors cover epidemiology and the global situation; microbial virulence and pathogenesis; host responses to the pathogen; and diagnosis and control of the disease.

Aimed at researchers and practicing veterinarians, this book is essential for those needing comprehensive information on the pathogen and disease, and offers a summary of key information learned from human tuberculosis research. It will be useful to those studying the infection and for those responsible for controlling the disease.

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