Veterinary Viral Diseases: Their Significance in South-East Asia and the Western Pacific

Abstract

This is the proceedings of an International Seminar on Virus Diseases of Veterinary Importance in South-East Asia and the Western Pacific held at the Australian National Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Australia, 27–30 August 1984. The book contains 119 papers on a wide range of subjects and diseases. The papers are organized under the following sections: pathogenesis and immunity, advances in diagnosis, advances in epidemiology and control, advances in vaccines, national overviews, specific viral diseases, and regional cooperation.The section on national overviews consists of a series of papers providing a concise description of viral veterinary disease problems and the response to those problems on a country by country basis.Under specific viral diseases are those of major importance in Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific. Included are foot-and-mouth disease, avian diseases, rabies, vector-borne diseases, diseases caused by herpesviruses, rinderpest, and viral diarrhea.