Herpesvirus Diseases of Cattle, Horses, and Pigs

Buch | Hardcover

346 Seiten

1989
Springer (Verlag)
978-0-7923-0118-9 (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	31.3.1989
Reihe/Serie	Developments in Veterinary Virology ; 9
Zusatzinfo	XII, 346 p.
Verlagsort	Dordrecht
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Mikrobiologie / Infektologie / Reisemedizin
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Studium
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mikrobiologie / Immunologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
	Veterinärmedizin ► Klinische Fächer ► Parasitologie
ISBN-10	0-7923-0118-8 / 0792301188
ISBN-13	978-0-7923-0118-9 / 9780792301189
Zustand	Neuware