Main description:

This book is the second volume in the series Livestock Diseases and Management, and reviews the importance and implications of animal origin viral zoonoses. It also highlights the specific etiology and epidemiology of these viral infections and discusses their various biological and mechanical transmission mechanisms. Further, the book reviews various measures for controlling viral zoonoses and examines novel therapeutic and prophylactic strategies.
Discussing recent studies on the pathogenesis and host immune response to these infections, it underscores the importance of using vaccines against these viral diseases to reduce the risk of them being transmitted to humans.Lastly, it describes in detail the challenges posed by these viral infections and our readiness to face them.

Contents:

Chapter 1.Drivers of Emerging Viral Zoonoses. - Chapter 2. One-Health in Context of Animal viruses. - Chapter 3. Viral zoonoses: wildlife perspectives. -Chapter 4. Animal Rotavirus. -Chapter 5. Buffalopox virus. - Chapter 6. Capripoxvirus and Orf virus. - Chapter 7. Animal Caliciviruses. -Chapter 8. Rabies virus. - Chapter 9. Nipah virus. -Chapter 10. Avian Influenza. - Chapter 11. Pandemic Influenza A. - Chapter 12. Picobirnavirus. -Chapter 13. MERS-CoV. -Chapter 14. Japanese encephalitis virus. - Chapter 15. Monkeypox virus. -Chapter 16. Picobirnavirus