Animal health at the crossroads : preventing, detecting, and diagnosing animal diseases / Committee on Assessing the Nation's Framework for Addressing Animal Diseases, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Assessing the Nation's Framework for Addressing Animal Diseases.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animals--Diseases--United States.

Animals.

Veterinary medicine--Diagnosis--United States.

Veterinary medicine.

Veterinary public health--United States.

Veterinary public health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (286 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Preventing, detecting, and diagnosing animal diseases

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Academies Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 Animal Diseases finds that, in general, the U.S. animal health framework has been slow to take advantage of state-of-the-art technologies being used now to protect public health; better diagnostic tests for identifying all animal diseases should be made a priority. The report also recommends that the nation establish a high-level, authoritative, and accountable coordinating mechanism to engage and enhance partnerships among local, state, and federal agencies, and the private sector.

Contents:

FrontMatter

Acknowledgments

Preface

Contents

Tables, Figures, and Boxes

Summary

1 Introduction

2 State and Quality of the Current System

3 Assessment of Current Framework: Case Studies

4 Gaps in the Animal Health Framework

5 Recommendations for Strenghtening the Animal Health Framework

References

APPENDIXES

Appendix A Acronyms and Abbreviations

Appendix B Glossary of Terms

Appendix C Existing Federal System for Addressing Animal Diseases, AWhite Paper by Nga L. Tran,

Appendix D Animal Diseases and Their Vectors

Appendix E Biographical Sketches of Committee Members.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610262885

9780309164993

0309164990

9781280262883

1280262885

9780309533386

0309533384

OCLC:

70757596