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Veterinary Public Health & Epidemiology : Veterinary Public Health- Epidemiology-Zoonosis-One Health / by Krishna Gopal Narayan, Dharmendra Kumar Sinha, Dhirendra Kumar Singh.
Springer Nature - Springer Biomedical and Life Sciences eBooks 2023 English International Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Narayan, Krishna Gopal, author.
- Sinha, Dharmendra Kumar, author.
- Singh, Dhirendra Kumar, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Veterinary medicine.
- Epidemiology.
- Public health.
- Veterinary Science.
- Public Health.
- Local Subjects:
- Veterinary Science.
- Epidemiology.
- Public Health.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (XXIX, 424 p. 1 illus.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2023.
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2023.
- Summary:
- This book introduces and reviews the essential principles of Veterinary Public Health, Zoonoses, One Health, principles and applications of epidemiology in studying infectious diseases including foodborne infections and intoxications.The initial chapters discuss the concept and principal functions of Veterinary Public Health. The book further covers the impacts of Veterinary Public Health on human Health particularly in management of zoonoses. The following section discusses theapplication of epidemiology in the study of outbreaks, epidemic, pandemics and their prevention and control strategies. It helps understanding the factors associated with disease causation transmission and spread and also investigate the emergence of antimicrobial resistance. The chapter on foodborne illnesses illustrates how the knowledge of epidemiology is applied in the study of diseases in community, spread of causative agents from farm to fork. The definition, cause, symptoms, management, control and prevention of foodborne infection and intoxication are dealt with. The last chapter introduces the concept, objectives, and definition of One Health and discusses the advancements made and challenges in One Health around endemic and emerging zoonotic diseases. .
- Contents:
- Chapter 1-Veterinary Public Health
- Chapter 2-Zoonoses
- Chapter 3- Epidemiology
- Chapter 4- Ecological concepts
- Chapter 5- Causation of disease
- Chapter 6-Agent, Host and Environmental Factors
- Chapter 7-Disease Transmission
- Chapter 8-Disease Distribution in Population
- Chapter 9-Data in Epidemiology
- Chapter 10-Measures of Disease
- Chapter 11-Strategies of Epidemiology
- Chapter 12-Sampling Techniques
- Chapter 13-Measurement of Causal association
- Chapter 14-Investigation of an outbreak
- Chapter 15-Diagnostic test and its evaluation
- Chapter 16-Surveillance
- Chapter 17- Prevention, Control and Eradication
- Chapter 18-Economics of Disease
- Chapter 19-World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH)
- Chapter 20-Food borne infection & intoxication
- Chapter 21-Investigation of Foodborne outbreak – Source attribution
- Chapter 22-Viral infections-Norwalk
- Chapter 23-Hepatitis A
- Chapter 24-Hepatitis E
- Chapter 25-Rota virus
- Chapter 26-PRIONS/BSE
- Chapter 27-Viruses occasionally reported as foodborne
- Chapter 28- Foodborne Bacterial Infections-Salmonellosis
- Chapter 29-Escherchia coli
- Chapter 30-Klebsiella
- Chapter 31-Aeromonas hydrophila
- Chapter 32-Staphylococcus spp
- Chapter 33-Streptococcus suis
- Chapter 34-Clostridium perfringens
- Chapter 35-Botulism
- Chapter 36-Campylobacteria
- Chapter 37-L. monocytogenes
- Chapter 38-Bacillus cereus
- Chapter 39-Food borne parasites
- Chapter 40-One Health.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 981-19-7800-X
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