Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP), or lung plague, is one of the great historic diseases of livestock, and still causes major economic losses in Sub-Saharan Africa. It spread to all continents where cattle were farmed in the 19th and 20th centuries, but until relatively recently little was known of its origins and impact around the world.Covering its worldwide spread, impact in terms of economic losses, and control and diagnostic methods used, this book focuses on the five continents that CBPP infected. By examining primary sources, it provides an accurate and definitive account of the behaviour of the disease, and the response of control authorities and livestock owners to it.Filling in the gaps for this World Organisation for Animal Health listed disease, this book is a useful reference for anyone studying or researching the spread of animal disease and disease control.
Kastner, Justin: - Dr Justin Kastner, a professor at Kansas State University (KSU), leads activities for several academic units at KSU, offers holistic perspectives on pedagogical innovation, and provides experiential learning through the incorporation of archival research so students of veterinary medicine and public health can better understand the past. Dr Kastner holds graduate degrees from the United Kingdom and Canada (PhD, University of Guelph; PgDip, University of Edinburgh; MSc, London South Bank University) and teaches and publishes in a multidisciplinary range of domains: the global food system and trade policy, economic history, the history of public health, globalization and cross-border cooperation, multidisciplinary thinking and writing, and the theory and practice of interdisciplinary scholarship. A Truman (1997), Fulbright (1998-1999), and Rotary (1999-2000) scholar with experience in local government (city commissioner, 1995-97, in Manhattan, Kansas) and global governance (World Trade Organization, Geneva, 2000), Dr Kastner is committed to public service. He has led STEM (e.g., U.S. Departments of Homeland Security and Agriculture) and capacity-building (USDA Cochran program) training-grant programs for several foreign governments. The Frontier Field Trip model, pioneered with Dr Jason Ackleson (Virginia), is operationalized in these trainings and other student-centered excursions. Hundreds of Dr Kastner's mentees have fed their curiosities and grown in scholarly skills through memorable Frontier Field Trips-to international trade ports of entry, private-sector firms, policymaking offices, libraries, and museums. These trips' workshops and archival-research activities foster multidisciplinary breadth in and amongst DR Kastner's mentees.
Nicholas, Robin: - Dr Robin Nicholas MSc PhD, FRCPath was head of the Mycoplasma Group at the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) until 2014, and remains active as a consultant. He has published extensively in the area of mycoplasma diseases, and in particular on Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia. He has published 5 books, including 2 on mycoplasmas: Mycoplasma Protocols (Humana Press) with Roger Miles and Mycoplasma Diseases of Ruminants (CABI) with Laura McAuliffe and Roger Ayling.
