Bovine Tuberculosis

Contemporary, topical and global in its approach, this book provides an essential, comprehensive treatise of bovine tuberculosis and the bacterium, Mycobacterium bovis, which causes it.

Following a systematic approach, expert international authors cover epidemiology and the global situation, microbial virulence and pathogenesis, host responses to the pathogen, as well as diagnosis and control.

Aimed at the researcher and the practicing veterinarian, this book is essential for all those needing comprehensive information on the pathogen and the disease as well a summary of key information learned from human tuberculosis research. It will be useful to those studying the infection itself and for those in different countries responsible for controlling the disease.