Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus: Diagnosis, Management,and Control [Hardcover]

Sagar M. Goyal (Editor), Julia F. Ridpath (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 25, 2005

For almost 60 years, continual research on the subject of Bovine Viral Diarrhea (BVD) has raised as many questions as that research has answered. This common disease continues to cause sickness, death, abortion and fetal anomalies despite the millions of vaccination doses used each year to prevent its spread. Written by international experts on the subject of the BVD virus, BVDV: Diagnosis, Management and Control includes the latest information on BVD and outlines methods of diagnosis, management and control. Researchers, academics, and large animal practitioners will find this book an invaluable and irreplaceable resource for understanding and controlling outbreaks of BVD.

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From the Back Cover

For almost 60 years, continual research on the subject of Bovine Viral Diarrhea (BVD) has raised as many questions as that research has answered. This common disease continues to cause sickness, death, abortion and fetal anomalies despite the millions of vaccination doses used each year to prevent its spread.

Written by international experts on the subject of the BVD virus, BVDV: Diagnosis, Management and Control includes the latest information on BVD and outlines methods of diagnosis, management and control. Researchers, academics, and large animal practitioners will find this book an invaluable and irreplaceable resource for understanding and controlling outbreaks of BVD.

About the Author

Sagar M. Goyal, DVM, PhD, Chair of the Department of Veterinary Diagnostic Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul.

Julia F. Ridpath, DVM, PhD, Virus and Prion Diseases of Livestock, NADC/ARS/USDA, Ames, Iowa.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 272 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 1st edition (July 25, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0813804787
• ISBN-13: 978-0813804781
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 7.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,656,766 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)