Books in the Biology of Animal Infections series

Marek's disease is a form of cancer of poultry caused by an important herpesvirus (MDV). This book provides a review of the problems of Marek's disease with descriptions of the complex viral life cycle, how MDV targets different types of white blood cells, and details of the virus structure, its genes and proteins.

Rinderpest, one of the great historic plagues, was introduced with devastating effect into Africa towards the end of the 19th century. Its causative agent, rinderpest virus, a morbillivirus very closely related to human measles virus, decimates the cattle population. This title offers the history of Rinderpest, vaccines and vaccination.