Livestock disease eradication : evaluation of the cooperative state-federal bovine tuberculosis eradication program.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Agriculture.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tuberculosis in cattle.

Veterinary therapeutics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (107 p.)

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Academy Press, 1994.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""LIVESTOCK DISEASE ERADICATION""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""TUBERCULOSIS IN THE UNITED STATES""; ""DIAGNOSTIC TECHNOLOGY""; ""PUBLIC HEALTH""; ""EVALUATION OF ERADICATION AND CONTROL OPTIONS""; ""CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Chapter 1 Tuberculosis: The Disease""; ""HISTORICAL OVERVIEW""; ""Discovery of the Pathogen""; ""Tuberculosis in North America""; ""Human and Bovine Tuberculosis: Interrelationships""; ""Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Humans""; ""Mycobacterium bovis in Humans""; ""Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Cattle""

""Mycobacterium bovis in Cattle""""TUBERCULOSIS IN ANIMALS OTHER THAN CATTLE""; ""Chapter 2 Etiology, Diagnosis, and Detection of Tuberculosis ""; ""INFECTION""; ""Disease Processes""; ""Transmission""; ""Routes of Transmission""; ""IMMUNE RESPONSE""; ""DIAGNOSIS AND DETECTION OF MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS INFECTION""; ""Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests""; ""Performance Characteristics""; ""Diagnosis by Direct Detection""; ""Diagnosis by Detection of Lesions""; ""Diagnosis Using Immunological Signals of Infection""; ""Cell-Mediated Immunological Tests""; ""Serological Tests""

""Epidemiological Characteristics of Current Diagnostic Tests""""Use of Multiple Diagnostic Tests""; ""Testing Populations of Animals""; ""Improved Diagnostic Methods""; ""Culture""; ""New Cell-Mediated Immunity-Based Tests""; ""New Serologic Tests""; ""VACCINATION""; ""TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS""; ""Chapter 3 Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Programs""; ""THE UNITED STATES""; ""Historical Perspectives""; ""Legal Authority for the Eradication Program""; ""Official Tests""; ""Slaughter Surveillance""; ""Species Included in the Program""; ""Cattle""; ""Bison""

""Cervidae and Other Nondomestic Ungulates""""Zoo Animals""; ""Free-Ranging Wildlife""; ""Fiscal Responsibility""; ""Agency Responsibility, Interaction, and Training""; ""CANADA""; ""Nonbovine Species""; ""Indemnity Funding""; ""MEXICO""; ""Indemnity Funding""; ""OTHER COUNTRIES""; ""Chapter 4 Epidemiologic/Economic Tuberculosis Studies and Bioeconomic Research Considerations""; ""DISEASE CONTROL: ERADICATION AND OTHER END POINTS""; ""MODELING AS AN AID TO DECISIONS ABOUT CONTROL""; ""APPLICATIONS TO BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS""; ""U.S. Bovine Tuberculosis Study""

""Canadian Bovine Tuberculosis Study""""Australian Bovine Tuberculosis Study""; ""The Irish Bovine Tuberculosis Study""; ""CONCLUSIONS FROM BIOECONOMIC MODELS""; ""Funding and Indemnities""; ""Public Health""; ""Industry Structure""; ""Environmental Protection""; ""International Trade""; ""Animal Welfare""; ""Wildlife""; ""Education""; ""Chapter 5 Recommendations ""; ""ENDEMIC BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS IN U.S. CATTLE""; ""The Need for Combined Efforts""; ""MEXICAN CATTLE IMPORTS""; ""TUBERCULOSIS IN CERVIDAE AND CAMELIDAE""; ""ZOO ANIMALS""; ""PUBLIC HEALTH""; ""SLAUGHTER SURVEILLANCE""

""RESEARCH AND TRAINING""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.