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New York 1992 Current Issues and Perspectives. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Volume 653. Softback, Privately Owned, in very good all-round condition, 408pages., ... 650grams, ISBN: 089766728X. *****PLEASE NOTE: This item is shipping from an authorized seller in Europe. In the event that a return is necessary, you will be able to return your item within the US. To learn more about our European sellers and policies see the BookQuest FAQ section***** Read more Show Less

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Papers of the First Biennial Conference of the American Society of Tropical Veterinary Medicine held in San Juan, PR, Feb. 1991. They take up tick-borne diseases, pathobiology, arboviruses and epidemics, and epidemiology, economics and animal health. No index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Papers of the First Biennial Conference of the American Society of Tropical Veterinary Medicine held in San Juan, PR, Feb. 1991. They take up tick-borne diseases, pathobiology, arboviruses and epidemics, and epidemiology, economics and animal health. No index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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  • ISBN-13: 9780897667289
  • Publisher: New York Academy of Sciences
  • Publication date: 6/28/1992
  • Pages: 408
  • Series: Annals Series, #65
  • Product dimensions: 6.10 (w) x 8.88 (h) x 0.76 (d)

Table of Contents

Preface
The Role of Biotechnology in Tropical Diseases 1
Impact of Zoonoses in Tropical America 6
Biotechnology: A New Approach to the Diagnosis and Control of Tick-borne Hemoparasitic Diseases 19
Recent Advances in the Biology of Anaplasma spp. in Dermacentor andersoni Ticks 26
The Role of Amblyomma variegatum in the Transmission of Heartwater with Special Reference to Guadeloupe 33
Biology and Transmission of Babesia bigemina in Boophilus microplus 42
Epizootiology of Lyme Disease and Methods of Cultivating Borrelia burgdorferi 52
Eradication of Boophilus microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) in Puerto Rico 64
Preliminary Attempts To Infect Bovine Erythrocytes in Vitro with a Tick-Derived Stage of Anaplasma marginale 72
Studies on the Biology of Ixodes dammini in the Upper Midwest of the United States 78
Vaccines against Coxiellosis and Q Fever. Development of a Chloroform:Methanol Residue Subunit of Phase I Coxiella burnetii for the Immunization of Animals 88
Immunization of Cattle with an Inactivated Polyvalent Vaccine against Anaplasmosis and Babesiosis 112
Screening of a Babesia bigemina cDNA Library with Monoclonal Antibodies Directed to Surface Antigens 122
Evaluation of a DNA-based Probe for the Detection of Cattle Experimentally Infected with Babesia bigemina 131
Immunophenotypic Characterization of Owl Monkey Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells 146
Leishmaniasis in the Caribbean Islands. A Review 154
A Redescription of Schizogony of Cytauxzoon felis in the Domestic Cat 161
Leptospira Serology in Small Ruminants on St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands 168
Serological Survey for Lyme Disease in Domestic Dogs and White-tailed Deer from Oklahoma 172
Production of Anti-idiotypic Antibodies as Potential Immunoreagents for the Serological Diagnosis of Bovine Cysticercosis 178
Amyloidosis, Hemochromatosis, and Atherosclerosis in a Roseate Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) 184
Hematological Study of Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) during Theileriosis (Theileria annulata) 191
Sentinel Herd Study of Bluetongue Virus in Puerto Rico. Preliminary Results, January 1991 194
Wasting Disease Associated with Cutaneous and Renal Nematodes, in Commercially Obtained Xenopus laevis 197
An Epizootic of Tanaisia bragai in a Captive Population of Puerto Rican Plain Pigeon (Columba inornata wetmorei) 202
Hemodynamics of Heartworm Infection 206
A Method for the Recovery of Infective Larvae from Toxocara canis Eggs for Collection of Larval Secretory/Excretory Products 211
Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis and African Horse Sickness. Current Status and Review 217
A Review of African Horse Sickness with Emphasis on Selected Vaccines 228
Rift Valley Fever: Present Status and Risk to the Western Hemisphere 233
Epidemiology of Bluetongue Viruses in the American Tropics
Experiences with African Swine Fever in Haiti 251
Macroepidemiology of the HIVs-AIDS (HAIDS) Pandemic. Insufficiently Considered Zoological and Geopolitical Aspects 257
The Microepidemiology of Wasting Syndrome, a Common Link to Diarrheal Disease, Cancer, Rabies, Animal Models of AIDS, and HIV-AIDS (HAIDS). The Feline Leukemia Virus and Rabies Virus Models 274
Treatment Strategies for Human Arboviral Infections Applicable to Veterinary Medicine 297
Cross-Species Antiviral Activity of a Recombinant Human Alpha-Interferon Hybrid 314
Simian Varicella Virus Infection in African and Asian Monkeys. The Potential for Development of Antivirals for Animal Diseases 323
Chemotherapeutic Prevention of Complications Caused by Vaccinia Virus-Vectored Immunogen 334
Potential Role of Immunomodulators for Treatment of Phlebovirus Infections of Animals 344
Mongoose Rabies in the Caribbean 356
The Role of the Veterinarian in Hurricanes and Other Natural Disasters 367
A New Food Safety Strategy for Tropical America 376
The Caribbean Animal and Plant Information Network 380
Problems of Developing a Self-Financing Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Service in Southern Peru 386
Use of LANDSAT MSS Imagery and Soil Type in a Geographic Information System to Assess Site-Specific Risk of Fascioliasis on Red River Basin Farms in Louisiana 389
Economic Benefits of Controlling Internal and External Parasites in South American Camelids 398
Index of Contributors 407

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