Herpesvirus Diseases of Cattle, Horses, and Pigs

Buch | Softcover

346 Seiten

2011 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1989
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4612-8879-4 (ISBN)

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'!he present volune Herpesvirus Diseases of cattle, Horses and pigs in the series "Developnents in Veterinal:y Virology" gives a review on herpesvirus infections in (a) cattle by bovine herpesvirus I (lEV-I), lEV-2 and lEV-4, alcelaphine herpesvirus I (malignant catanbal. fever) and Aujeszky"s disease virus, (b) horses by equine herpesvirus I (EHV-1), EHV-2 and EHV-3 and (c) pigs by Aujeszky's disease virus and porcine cytomegalovirus. Some of these viruses also infect small ruminants, therefore sheep and goats are included in this review as far as they are concemed. The different chapters include the latest knowledge on the viruses and the resulting diseases. Bearing in m:irrl the rapid development of oolecular biology and genetechnology in the last years a comprehensive survey on the oolecular aspects of the viruses and genetically engineered vaccines is presented, as far as data have been available. However, the other fields have not been neglected. large space is given to the description of clinical synptams, pathology, pathogenesis, latent infection, physical, chemical and biological characteristics of the viruses, hmnoral and cell-mediated imnunity, vaccines and vaccination, epizootiology, control, eradication, economics considerations and future aspects.

1. Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis/Vulvovaginitis (BHV 1).- 2. Bovine Herpesvirus 2 Infection.- 3. Bovine Herpesvirus-4 (BHV 4) Infections of Cattle.- 4. Malignant Catarrhal Fever and the Gammaherpesvirinae of Bovidae.- 5. Aujeszky’s Disease in Ruminants.- 6. Herpesviral Diseases of the Horse.- 7. Aujeszky’s Disease (Pseudorabies) in Pigs.- 8. Porcine Cytomegalovirus.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.10.2011
Reihe/Serie	Developments in Veterinary Virology ; 9
Zusatzinfo	XII, 346 p.
Verlagsort	New York, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 240 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Mikrobiologie / Infektologie / Reisemedizin
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Studium
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mikrobiologie / Immunologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
ISBN-10	1-4612-8879-7 / 1461288797
ISBN-13	978-1-4612-8879-4 / 9781461288794
Zustand	Neuware