Description
Book SynopsisZoonotic diseases constitute a public health problem throughout the world. Addressing a little-studied area of veterinary and medical science, this book covers viral, bacterial, protozoan and helminth parasites transmitted between humans and dogs, discussing population management, control disease agents and human-dog relationships. Fully updated throughout, this new edition also includes chapters on benefits of the human-dog relationship and non-infectious disease issues with dogs. It is a valuable resource for researchers and students of veterinary and human medicine, microbiology, parasitology and public health.
Table of Contents1: The Human-Dog Relationship: A Tale of Two Species 2: Benefits of the Human-Dog Relationship 3: Dog associated Problems affecting Public Health and Community Well-being 4: Dogs and Rabies 5: Dogs and Bacterial Zoonoses 6: Dogs and Protozoan Zoonoses 7: Dogs and Trematode Zoonoses 8: Dogs and Cestode Zoonoses 9: Dogs and Nematode Zoonoses 10: Dogs and Ectoparasitic Zoonoses 11: Dog Population Management 12: Zoonoses Prevention, Control and Elimination in Dogs 13: Fertility Control in Dogs
