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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hunter, A. G. (Archie G.)
Corporate Author: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (Ede, Netherlands)
Other Authors: Uilenberg, G. (Gerrit)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Wageningen, NE : Macmillan ; CTA (Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Co-operation), 1996.
Series:Tropical agriculturalist.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Vol. 1. General principles
  • Different types of diseases
  • Infectious and contagious diseases
  • Venereal and congenital infectious diseases
  • Arthropods
  • Arthropod-borne diseases
  • Helminth infections (worms)
  • Diseases associated with environmental and husbandry factors
  • Inherited traits
  • Disease definitions
  • Recognition of different types of disease
  • Arthropods and helminths
  • Arthropods
  • Transmission of diseases by arthropods
  • Helminths (worms)
  • How do helminths cause disease?
  • Infectious diseases.
  • Viruses
  • Bacteria
  • Fungi
  • Protozoa
  • How small are micro-organisms?
  • Recognition of diseases - signs of health
  • Deaths
  • General condition
  • Skin
  • Head
  • Visible mucous membranes
  • Nervous demeanour
  • Gait
  • Respiration
  • Body temperature
  • Faeces
  • Reproduction
  • Recognition of diseases - clinical signs
  • Deaths
  • Loss of condition
  • Skin lesions
  • Discharges from the mucosal orifices of the head
  • Signs of respiratory disease
  • Changes to the visible mucous membranes
  • Fever
  • Diarrhoea
  • Nervous signs.
  • Abnormal gait
  • Reproduction disorders
  • Diseases of camels
  • Distribution of diseases
  • Cosmopolitan diseases
  • Diseases with a limited geographical distribution
  • General veterinary principles
  • Health through good husbandry
  • Preventing disease
  • Action required when disease occurs
  • General veterinary procedures
  • Administration of medicines
  • Collection of samples for the laboratory.