Animal biodiversity and emerging disease diseases. Prediction and prevention (Annals of the N.Y. Acad. Sciences/1149)

Scientific topics from cellular pathogenesis to global pandemics are addressed in this volume, which contains the proceedings of the 9th Biennial Conference of the Society for Tropical Veterinary Medicine. The STVM is proactive in addressing issues that have an impact on the long-term future of animal health. These issues include globalization and global climate change, each of which can drive the emergence and spread of infectious disease among domestic animals and wildlife. Specific topics covered include anti-arthropod vaccines, Trypanosoma/Leishmania, genetics, Anaplasma/Ehrlichia, Babesia, viruses, helminthology, ticks and tick-borne diseases, farm animal diseases, microbiology, and wildlife health.