Avian Influenza

by Swayne, David E.

• ISBN13: 9780813820477
• ISBN10: 0813820472
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-03-25
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Avian Influenza provides the first comprehensive guide covering the full spectrum of this complex and increasingly high-profile disease, its history and its treatment and control. All aspects of avian influenza are dealt with in depth, systematically covering biology, virology, diagnostics, ecology, epidemiology, clinical medicine, and the control. The book fuses coverage of the latest discoveries in the basic sciences with a practical approach to dealing with the disease in a clinical setting, and providing instruction and guidance for veterinarians and government animal health officials encountering this disease in the field. Avian Influenza provides the reader with a global perspective, bringing together chapters written by leading animal health researchers and veterinarians with significant experience working with this disease. Providing a summary and synthesis of important data and research on this virus, its impact on both wild and domesticated birds, and approaches to controlling the spread of the disease, Avian Influenza will be an invaluable resource for all veterinarians, scientists, animal health professionals, and public health officials dealing with this virus. * Covers full range of topics within avian influenza in one comprehensive and authoritative text * Provides a summarization of peer-reviewed and empirical data on avian influenza viruses, the infection and diseases they cause * Discusses strategies used in control of the disease * Leading experts are drawn together to provide an international and multi-disciplinary perspective * Fuses latest developments in basic scientific research with practical guidance on management of the disease

Author Biography

David E. Swayne, DVM, PhD, DACVP, DACPV, is Laboratory Director at the Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory, a branch of U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service, in Athens, Georgia.

Table of Contents

Contributors List

Foreword

Preface

Influenza A Virus

Molecular Determinants of Pathogenicity for Avian Influenza Viruses

Ecology of Avian Influenza in Wild Birds

Epidemiology of Avian Influenza in Agricultural and Other Man-Made Systems

Pathobiology of Avian Influenza Virus Infections in Birds and Mammals

Color Plate Section

The Global Nature of Avian Influenza

The Beginning and Spread of Fowl Plague (H7 High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza) Across Europe and Asia (1878-1955)

High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza in the Americas

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Outbreaks in Europe, Africa and Asia since 1959, Excluding the Asian H5N1 Virus Outbreaks

Avian Influenza in Australia

Multi-Continental Epidemic of H5N1 High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza Virus (1996-2007)

Avian Influenza Control Strategies

Avian Influenza Diagnostics and Surveillance Methods

Humane Mass Depopulation as an Effective Measure For Disease Control Purposes

Methods for Disposal of Poultry Carcasses

Farm and Regional Biosecurity Practices

Farm Biosecurity Risk Assessment and Audits

Methods for Inactivation of Avian Influenza Virus in the Environment

Vaccines, Vaccination and Immunology for Avian Influenza Viruses in Poultry

Public Health Implications of Avian Influenza Viruses

The Role of Educational Programs in the Control of Avian Influenza

Trade and Food Safety Aspects for Avian Influenza Viruses

Control of Low Pathogenicity Avian Influenza

The Economics of Avian Influenza

Global Strategy for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza: Progressive Control and Eradication, and Post-Outbreak Recovery

Index

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