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Description: |
xiv, 215 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references (page 207) and index. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Summary: Chronicles the rabies outbreak in South Texas, the politics of the response to it, and the 1995-96 USDA program for dropping an experimental vaccine over nearly fifteen thousand square miles of brushland. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Ch. 1. Birth of a Plague -- Ch. 2. The Scientist -- Ch. 3. A Plague Spreads -- Ch. 4. The Little Bandits -- Ch. 5. The Foxes -- Ch. 6. The Vac-Trap, and Other Inspirations -- Ch. 7. Coyotes Love Watermelon -- Ch. 8. Face on a Plague -- Ch. 9. In the Path of a Plague -- Ch. 10. The Bats -- Ch. 11. Exporting a Plague -- Ch. 12. The Drop -- App. Rabies Recommendations. |