Why Take the Chance? The Bird Flu is real. It's deadly. And it's spreading. Within the next year it could threaten your home, your livelihood, your family and even your life. It may not become the pandemic many experts now fear, but do you really want to take the chance of being totally unprepared? This book is not hype. It's not scare tactics. ...
Emerging diseases like mad cow, SARS, and avian flu are -- for the moment, at least -- far more prevalent in animals than in humans. Still, the knowledge that measles, TB, and smallpox were at one time "emerging" diseases that eventually made a permanent, and quite deadly, jump to humans gives epidemiologists pause. This book examines the various ...
Infections of Leisure provides a thorough yet concise examination of the infectious risks and diseases of leisure time activity. Encompassing a wide range of medical and social interests, chapters provide practical, clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and management of various infectious risks in the garden, at the shore, on fresh water, on ...
Humans have lived in close proximity to other animals for thousands of years. Recent scientific studies have even shown that the presence of animals has a positive effect on our physical and mental health. People with pets typically have lower levels of cholesterol and lower blood pressure, show fewer symptoms of depression, and tend to get more ...
Enjoy the outdoors more and worry less about your interactions with nature. For everyone who lives, plays or works outdoors, Dr Cockrum explains the ABC's of safety, specific mammal types in each region, special precautions to observe, normal animal behaviour patterns and disease symptoms in humans.
The need to protect biodiversity places great constraints on the use of natural spaces such as forests and preserves and often conflicts with the need for sustainable intensification of agricultural and animal production. Human, domestic animal, and wildlife habitats have increasingly overlapped and have resulted in modified patterns of ...
Parasitic worms (helminths) are a diverse and geographically widespread group of organisms which are responsible for infecting millions of people throughout the world. Many of these parasitic helminths are either zoonoses (disease agents naturally transmitted between vertebrate animals and man) or have evolved from animal parasites. Helminthic ...
Humans suffer from numerous parasitic foodborne zoonoses, many of which are caused by helminths. The helminth zoonoses of concern in this book are normally limited to diseases of animals which have now become transmissible to humans. In the past these diseases were limited to populations living in low- and middle-income countries, but the ...
Written by veterinarians, medical microbiologists, and physicians with broad experience in the field of infectious diseases, this valuable physician's reference covers all aspects of epidemiology, diagnosis, and differential diagnosis, as well as therapy and prophylaxis of zoonotic diseases. Among the topics covered are: zoonotic pathogens as ...
Parasitic zoonoses, the parasitic diseases transmitted between humans and other vertebrate animals, are widespread and the increasing pace in internationalization changes in diet and easy movement from one part of the world to another has caused them to be more prevalent. This text examines the pathology of parasitic zoonoses and recent trends in ...
This multivolume handbook presents the most authoritative and comprehensive reference work on major zoonoses of the world. "The Handbook of Zoonoses" covers most diseases communicable to humans, as well as those diseases common to both animals and humans. It identifies animal diseases that are host specific and reviews the effects of various human ...
"Understanding Zoonotic Diseases" is written for both animal and human healthcare professionals and students that will help them understand specific zoonotic diseases. Designed as a stand-alone book, it introduces the reader to microbes including bacteria, fungi, parasites, viruses, and prions, and describes specific diseases that can be ...
"North American Parasitic Zoonoses" provides a concise and useful review of essential information about parasitic zoonotic diseases. The key topics include: Etiology/ Natural History: Account of taxonomy, morphology as necessary for identification, and life cycles; Epidemiology: Global prevalence and prevalence in North America among various ...
Both domestic and wild dogs are potential carriers of many disease organisms that can infect humans and hence constitute a risk to public health. This book addresses this issue on a international basis.
Zoonoses are of considerable public health importance and this book aims to encourage a collaborative approach to their control between the medical and veterinary professions. The book offers a description of all known zoonoses worldwide. Each disease receives separate consideration with details of occurrence, epidemiology, aetiology and diagnosis.
Provides expanded information which includes sections on historic background, current principles, and anticipated future changes, and consideration of the latest knowledge of human and veterinary medicine in the field of zoonoses. A chapter summary and selected bibliography for each of the first six chapters.
In recent years, the issue of animal disease has seldom been out of the headlines. The emergence of BSE and the threat of food-bourne infections such as E-coli and salmonella have focused public attention on the impact of animal disease upon human society. However, the problem of animal disease is far from new. Animals, Disease and Human Society ...
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