Biosecurity of Ruminants, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice
- 1st Edition, Volume 41-1 - February 7, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Kelly Still Brooks, Julia Herman
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 1 3 8 8 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 1 3 8 9 - 9
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Request a sales quoteIn this issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice, guest editors Drs. Kelly Still-Brooks and Julia Herman bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Biosecurity of Ruminants. Top experts cover emerging issues in global practice as well as human/animal interface and niche operations. Articles include abortion diseases, respiratory health, salmonella; and much more.
- Contains 12 relevant, practice-oriented topics including concepts in understanding infectious disease dynamics in populations; calf health; lentiviruses and contagious lymphadenitis; livestock: consumer interface (organic, raw milk/herdshares, agrotourism); livestock: public interface (exhibition livestock/petting zoo/agrotourism); and more
- Provides in-depth clinical reviews on biosecurity of ruminants, offering actionable insights for clinical practice
- Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews
Food-Animal Veterinarians
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Forthcoming Issues
- Preface
- Concepts in Understanding Infectious Disease Dynamics in Populations
- Key points
- Introduction
- Biosecurity and biocontainment
- Principles of biosecurity
- Epidemiologic triad
- Carriers and host-adapted pathogens
- Environmental persistence
- Variations in pathogen shedding
- Infection versus disease
- Measures of disease and test characteristics
- Disease transition states
- Definitions
- Summary
- Biosecurity and Infection Control for Veterinarians Caring for Livestock: A Guide for Daily Threats
- Key points
- Introduction
- How important is infection prevention and control in daily practice?
- How rigorous does a biosecurity program need to be?
- Cleaning and disinfection in agricultural settings
- Ambulatory or field-based practice
- Protecting people from zoonotic diseases
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Biosecurity Practices to Enhance Responsible Antimicrobial Use and Reduce the Burden of Antimicrobial Resistance
- Key points
- Introduction
- General considerations about antimicrobial resistance
- Biosecurity and the prevention of bacterial infections
- Biosecurity and the prevention of dissemination of antimicrobial resistance bacteria and antimicrobial resistance genes
- Summary of approaches to prevent selection pressure for antimicrobial resistance and transfer of antimicrobial resistance bacteria or genes
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Biosecurity and Biocontainment for Ruminant Respiratory Disease
- Key points
- Introduction
- Developing the plan
- Practices to prevent introduction of respiratory disease: biosecurity
- Practices to limit spread of endemic respiratory diseases: biocontainment
- Transmission of respiratory agents and respiratory disease
- Bovine respiratory disease vaccination near exposure as a biosecurity tool
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Biosecurity Principles for Reproductive Diseases of Cattle
- Key points
- Infectious causes of abortion in cattle
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Biosecurity for Reproductive Disease Prevention in Sheep and Goats
- Key points
- Infectious causes of abortion in sheep and goats
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Small Ruminant Lentiviruses and Caseous Lymphadenitis
- Key points
- Introduction
- History and background
- Current evidence
- History and background
- Clinics care points
- Discussion and clinical presentation
- Challenges to controlling caseous lymphadenitis
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Biosecurity Practices for Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis Infection, Salmonellosis, and Bovine Leukemia Virus on Cattle Operations
- Key points
- Approach to implementing a biosecurity program
- Overview of Johne’s disease, salmonellosis, and bovine leukosis
- Biosecurity practices
- Testing and removal
- Prevention of spread
- Summary
- Biosecurity Strategies for Optimization of Calf Health in North American Beef and Dairy Operations
- Key points
- Introduction
- Key threats to biosecurity
- Challenges to biosecurity in the beef industry and prevention strategies
- Challenges to biosecurity in the dairy industry and strategies for disease prevention
- Common issues among beef and dairy operations
- Future directions
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Biosecurity Practices for Specialized Agritourism, Organic, and Artisan Production Dairy Operations
- Key points
- Background
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Practical Biosecurity for Human-Livestock Interactions at Exhibition Events and Petting Zoos
- Key points
- Introduction
- Human risks
- Case study
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 41-1
- Published: February 7, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 240
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443313882
- eBook ISBN: 9780443313899
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Kelly Still Brooks
Affiliations and expertise
Dairy Population Health Management Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, USAJH
Julia Herman
Affiliations and expertise
Beef Cattle Specialist Veterinarian, Centennial, CO, USA