Animal Health Volume 1 is a practical guide for anyone involved with maintaining and establishing the health of animals in tropical and sub-tropical regions. It comprehensively explains the causes of animal diseases, how they spread and the means available for their control. The handbook should be used in conjunction with Volume 2: Specific Diseases which is already published.

In recent years infectious livestock diseases have swept across many countries, often with dramatic consequences for animal and public health. With climatic changes modifying the distribution of vector-born diseases, emerging novel pathogens can spread rapidly in new areas, at the same time as resistance spreads in places where they are established. This calls for new approaches for the control of parasitic diseases. These two volumes present in detail over 130 viral, bacterial, fungal and parasitic diseases of large livestock species from all over the world, accompanied by very valuable and informative illustrations and photographs. Particular attention is also paid to the role of wildlife in their epidemiology, stressing the potential zoonotic characteristics of diseases where applicable and their effects on humans.