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Description: |
xxiii, 983 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Herd evaluation -- Differential diagnosis of diseases -- Behavior and welfare -- Longetivity in breeding animals -- Effect of the environment on health -- Optimizing diagnostic value and sample collection -- Diagnostic tests, test performance, and considerations for interpretation -- Analysis and use of diagnostic data -- Drug pharmacology, therapy, and prophylaxis -- Anesthesia and surgical procedures in swine -- Disease transmission and biosecurity -- Preharvest food safety, zoonotic diseases, and the human health interface -- Special considerations for show and pet pigs -- Cardiovascular and hematopoietic systems -- Digestive system -- Immune system -- Integumentary system : skin, hoof, and claw -- Mammary system -- Nervous and locomotor system -- Diseases of the reproductive system -- Respiratory system -- Urinary system -- Overview of viruses -- Porcine adenoviruses -- African swine fever virus -- Porvine circoviruses -- Porcine anelloviruses -- Herpesviruses -- Porcine parvovirus -- Swinepox virus -- Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (porcine arterivirus) -- Porcine astroviruses -- Bunyaviruses -- Porcine caliciviruses -- Coronaviruses -- Filovirus -- Flavivirus -- Pestiviruses -- Hepatitis E virus -- Influenza virus -- Paramyxoviruses -- Picornaviruses -- Reovirtuses (rotaviruses and reoviruses) -- Retroviruses -- Rhabdoviruses -- Togaviruses -- Overview of bacteria -- Actinobacillosis -- Bordetellosis -- Brachyspiral colitis -- Brucellosis -- Clostridiosis -- Colibacillosis -- Erysipelas -- Glässer's disease -- Leptospirosis -- Mycoplasmosis -- Pasteurellosis -- Proliferative enteropathy -- Salmonellosis -- Staphylococcosis -- Streptococcosis -- Tuberculosis -- Miscellaneous bacterial infections -- External parasites -- Coccidia and other protozoa -- Inernal parasites : helminths -- Nutrient deficiencies and excesses -- Mycotoxins in grains and feeds -- Toxic minerals, chemicals, plants, and gases. |