Product info
| Product title : | Biological threat reduction |
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| Author(s) : | Tammy Beckham, ed., 2017 | |
Summary :This issue reviews the use of animal pathogens and zoonotic agents as bioweapons. More specifically, it examines their use throughout history, explores current disease trends and threats and evaluates the use of animals as sentinels for early detection of outbreaks affecting animals and/or humans, whether the outbreaks be of natural, accidental or deliberate origin. | ||
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| List of associated articles | Languages | Format | Price | Availability | Add |
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| R36-2 | TRILINGUAL |  |
70.00 € | Available |  |
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- Contents Vol. 36 (2)
- Preface
- Introduction
- A brief history of biological weapons programmes and the use of animal pathogens as biological warfare agents
- Animal pathogens and their impact on animal health, the economy, food security, food safety and public health
- Emerging infectious disease risk: shared drivers with environmental change
- Linking animal diseases and social instability
- Genome editing as a national security threat
- The role of climate change in a developing threat: the case of bluetongue in Europe
- Technological advances in veterinary diagnostics: opportunities to deploy rapid decentralised tests to detect pathogens affecting livestock
- Viral discovery as a tool for pandemic preparedness
- Biosurveillance: a systematic review of global infectious disease surveillance systems from 1900 to 2016
- Technologies for capturing and analysing animal health data in near real time
- The World Organisation for Animal Health and the World Health Organization: intergovernmental disease information and reporting systems and (…)
- Links between law enforcement and veterinary animal health: a case study of the United Kingdom and the United States of America
- Preparedness activities and research needs in addressing emerging infectious animal and zoonotic diseases
- Rinderpest experience
- Rinderpest eradication: challenges for remaining disease free and implications for future eradication efforts
- Response of developing countries to biological threats: the case of the Republic of Haiti
- The importance of intergovernmental standards in reducing biological threats associated with accidental, natural or deliberate acts
- The Biological Weapons Convention
- United Nations Secretary-General’s Mechanism
- The Global Health Security Agenda and the role of the World Organisation for Animal Health
- Comparing responses to natural, accidental and deliberate biological events
- International health threats and global early warning and response mechanisms
- Biological threats from a ‘One Health’ perspective
- Engaging scientists and veterinarians in strengthening biosecurity systems
- OIE twinning programme for veterinary education
- Biosafety and biosecurity in veterinary laboratories
- Strengthening good governance: exploiting synergies between the Performance of Veterinary Services Pathway and the International Health Regulations (2005)
- Sustainability and economic investments in animal health systems