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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Hauptverfasser: Olmstead, Alan L. (VerfasserIn), Rhode, Paul Webb (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
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Online-Zugang:DE-862
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (x, 465 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-446) and index.
ISBN:0674736044
9780674736047

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