| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 295 pages, 3 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps |
| Series |
SCARM report ; 74 |
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SCARM report ; no. 74.
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Editor's addendum; Chapter 1 -- An overview of pleuropneumonia in Australia; Chapter 2 -- Pleuropneumonia -- the disease; Chapter 3 -- Historical background to the disease, disease theories and inoculation; Claapter 4 -- The first outbreak in Australia (1858-1860); Chapter 5 -- Pleuro on the rampage (1860-1900); Chapter 6 -- The Australian scene; Chapter 7 -- Learning to live with the disease (1860-1900); Chapter 8 -- Beginning the fight for control (1901-1930); Chapter 9 -- Research -- the key to lurther progress |
| Summary |
Pleuropneumonia has had a long history in Australia. Clearing a Continent: The Eradication of Bovine Pleuropneumonia from Australia is an authoritative monograph on the history, spread, and final eradication of the disease. Based on an enormous amount of research and archive material, the text details the background of the first outbreak, the spread through the affected states, the battle for control, as well as the persistence of the disease in northern areas long after it had been brought under control in the south. There is also vital information on vaccination. This work is an important re |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia -- Australia
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Cattle -- Diseases -- Australia -- Prevention
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Cattle -- Vaccination -- Australia
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Veterinary public health -- Australia
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Veterinary epidemiology -- Australia
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MEDICAL -- Veterinary Medicine -- Food Animal.
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Cattle -- Diseases -- Prevention
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Cattle -- Vaccination
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Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia
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Veterinary epidemiology
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Veterinary public health
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Australia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Norris, Ronald, 1932-
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| ISBN |
0643065628 |
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9780643065628 |
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9780643100794 |
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0643100792 |
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9780643102460 |
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0643102469 |
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