For almost 60 years, continual research on the subject of Bovine Viral Diarrhea (BVD) has raised as many questions as that research has answered. This common disease continues to cause sickness, death, abortion and fetal anomalies despite the millions of vaccination doses used each year to prevent its spread. Written by international experts on the subject of the BVD virus, BVDV: Diagnosis, Management and Control includes the latest information on BVD and outlines methods of diagnosis, management and control. Researchers, academics, and large animal practitioners will find this book an invaluable and irreplaceable resource for understanding and controlling outbreaks of BVD.

Contents : 1. Introduction and history / Dirk Deregt. p3 2. Risk assessment / Hans Houe. p35 3. Classification and molecular biology / Julia F. Ridpath. p65 4. Virus replication / S. K. Hietala, B. M. Crossley. p81 5. Virus transmission / Mark C. Thurmond. p91 6. Clinical features / James F. Evermann, George M. Barrington. p105 7. Pathogenesis / E. M. Liebler-Tenorio. p121 8. Reproductive disease and persistent infections / Kenny V. Brock, Daniel L. Grooms, M. Daniel Givens. p145 9. Immunity and immunosuppression / Sanjay Kapil, Paul Walz, Melinda Wilkerson, Harish Minocha. p157 10. Hosts / Trevor R. Ames. p171 11. Interactions of virus and host / John D. Neill. p177 12. Diagnosis / Sagar M. Goyal. p197 13. Vaccines / Robert W. Fulton. p209 14. Management systems and control programs / Robert L. Larson. p223 15. Conclusions and future research / Julia F. Ridpath, Sagar M. Goyal. p239