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Diseases of Cattle in the Tropics

Economic and Zoonotic Relevance

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  • © 1981

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Editors:
  1. Miodrag Ristic

    1. College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA

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  2. W. Ian M. McIntyre

    1. Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Veterinary Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

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Part of the book series: Current Topics in Veterinary Medicine (CTVM, volume 6)

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Table of contents (42 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  3. Infectious Diseases

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65
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    2. Bovine Papular Stomatitis

      • Robert A. Crandell
      Pages 67-78

    3. Malignant Catarrhal Fever

      • I. E. Selman
      Pages 79-90

    4. Pseudorabies

      • Robert A. Crandell
      Pages 91-106

    5. Bovine Rabies

      • Richard E. Dierks
      Pages 107-121

    6. Foot-and-Mouth Disease

      • J. B. Brooksby
      Pages 123-132

    7. Rinderpest

      • Hugh W. Reid
      Pages 133-152

    8. Rift Valley Fever

      • F. G. Davies
      Pages 153-165

    9. Lumpy Skin Disease and Pseudo-Lumpy Skin Disease

      • W. B. Martin
      Pages 167-179

    10. Ephemeral Fever

      • W. B. Martin
      Pages 181-187

    11. Bovine Viral Diarrhea

      • Robert F. Kahrs
      Pages 189-195

    12. Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis

      • Robert F. Kahrs
      Pages 197-205

    13. Leptospirosis Diseases of Cattle in the Tropics

      • Lyle E. Hanson
      Pages 207-223
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Most of the future increase in livestock production is expected to occur in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Cattle are the most numerous of the ruminant species in the tropics and provide the largest quantity of animal food products. More than one-third of the world's cattle are found in the tropics. Disease is the major factor which prohibits full utilization of these regions for cattle production. Various infectious and transmissible viral, rick­ ettsial, bacterial, and particularly protozoan and helminthic diseases, are widespread in the tropics and exert a heavy toll on the existing cattle industry there. This uncontrolled disease situation also discourages investment in cattle industries by private and government sectors. In Africa alone, it is estimated that 125 million head of cattle could be accommodated in the tropical rainbelt if the disease and other animal husbandry factors could be resolved. The potential of efficient cattle production under more favorable conditions prompted various international agencies to establish a multi­ million dollar International Laboratory for Research in Animal Diseases (ILRAD) in Nairobi, Kenya, Africa. In South America, principal sites for raising cattle are shifting to the savannah lands because the more fertile soils are being used for crop produc­ tion, however, in the savannahs also, disease remains the most powerful deterrent in implementing the cattle industry.

Editors and Affiliations

  • College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA

    Miodrag Ristic

  • Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Veterinary Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

    W. Ian M. McIntyre

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Diseases of Cattle in the Tropics

  • Book Subtitle: Economic and Zoonotic Relevance

  • Editors: Miodrag Ristic, W. Ian M. McIntyre

  • Series Title: Current Topics in Veterinary Medicine

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-9034-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1981

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-011-8352-9Published: 01 January 1981

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-9034-3Published: 14 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 662

  • Number of Illustrations: 82 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science, Zoology

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