Healing the Herds: Disease, Livestock Economies, and the Globalization of Veterinary Medicine

by Daniel Gilfoyle

Book Overview

During the early 1990s, the ability of dangerous diseases to pass between animals and humans was brought once more to the public consciousness. These concerns continue to raise questions about how livestock diseases have been managed over time and in different social, economic, and political circumstances. Healing the Herds: Disease, Livestock Economies, and the Globalization of Veterinary Medicine brings together case studies from the Americas,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821418858
• ISBN13: 9780821418857
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"