Animal Health at the Crossroads: Preventing, Detecting, and Diagnosing Animal Diseases

by National Research Council, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies

The confirmed case of mad cow disease (BSE) in June 2005 illustrates the economic impact of disease outbreaks, as additional countries closed their markets to U.S. beef and beef products. Emerging diseases also threaten public health--11 out of 12 of the major global disease outbreaks over the last decade were from zoonotic agents (that spread from animals to humans).

Animal Health at the Crossroads: Preventing, Detecting, and Diagnosing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309092590
• ISBN13: 9780309092593
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"