This chapter discusses the global public health implications posed by Mycobacterium bovis as a source of human tuberculosis; the implications of the well-known characteristics of M. bovis that must be considered when attempting to improve the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of human TB,...

This chapter describes the economics of bovine tuberculosis (TB), with emphasis on One Health (OH) as a control approach for bovine and human TB control.

This book chapter discusses the current body of knowledge of Mycobacterium bovis infection and the disease is reviewed with regards to sheep, goats, pigs, water buffalo and camel. The need for the integration in national bovine tuberculosis control programme of M. bovis infection in water buffaloes ...

The Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) is one of the most extensively studied and widely distributed viruses infecting marine and freshwater fishes. The geographical distribution; economic impacts of IPNV; diagnosis of the infection; pathology; pathophysiology; and the protective and...

Infectious haematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) is a Rhabdovirus that causes significant disease in Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.), Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), and rainbow and steelhead trout (O. mykiss). IHNV causes necrosis of the haematopoietic tissues, and consequently it was named...

Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia virus (VHSV) is the aetiological agent of viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS) and is a member of the family Rhabdoviridae within the order Mononegavirales. These viruses have single-stranded, negative-sense (nega) RNA genomes with enveloped bullet- or cone-shaped...

This chapter describes Epizootic haematopoietic necrosis virus (EHNV) and European catfish virus (ECV), which belong to a group of emerging pathogens - all of which are relevant to fish health - for which understanding of their epizootiology is incomplete. EHNV and ECV belong to the genus Ranavirus ...

The geographical distribution; economic impacts; diagnosis of the infection; pathology; pathophysiology; and the protective and control strategies against Oncorhynchus masou virus and Cyprinid herpesvirus are discussed.

The causative agent of infectious salmon anaemia is Infectious salmon anaemia virus (ISAV), the only member of the genus Isavirus, family Orthomyxoviridae. Infectious salmon anaemia is a significant infectious viral disease of farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). This article discusses the...

Channel catfish viral disease (CCVD) is an acute viraemia that occurs primarily among young (0-4 month old) channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) in aquaculture. The prevalence and transmission; factors that promote CCVD outbreaks; diagnosis; pathology; pathophysiology; protective and control...