This book reviews the etiology of major zoonotic diseases, their impact on human health, and control mechanisms for better management. It also examines factors influencing transmission, diagnosis, treatment, management, and prevention of zoonotic diseases caused by different human pathogens, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoans, and parasites. It also introduces zoonoses with a wildlife reservoir and discusses different transmission modes, and factors that influence the epidemiology of zoonoses. It further discusses the holistic strategies for the cost-effective prevention and control of these zoonoses. Towards the end, the book also discusses infections that have spread from non-human primates to humans and strategies to improve disease control and elimination. This book is very useful for students, academicians, and researchers of veterinary sciences, veterinary medicine, and, veterinary public health.
Dr Krishna Gopal Narayan was the Dean of, the Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry in Birsa Agricultural University. He remained engaged actively for 39 years in veterinary education and research in various capacities and is continuing his academic interest. He has been a rank officer – beginning as House surgeon-cum-Demonstrator in Bihar Veterinary College, Patna, Bihar in 1959, kept on changing positions through selection, as Assistant Professor, in Panjab Agricultural University, Punjab and Associate Professor in Haryana Agricultural University, Haryana. He moved on to Rajendra Agricultural University, Jharkhand as a Professor of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology.He is the Fellow of National Academy of Veterinary Science (NAVS), Indian Public Health Association (IPHA), Indian Association of Veterinary Public Health Specialists (IAVPHS) and Association of Public Health Veteribarians (APHV). He is the recipient of the prestigious Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Award for Outstanding Research in Tribal Farming Systems of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). The IAVPHS and the APHV conferred him with Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding contributions to the veterinary profession in general and Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology in particular.
He has numerous research publications in peer-reviewed national and international journals and a few chapters in books.
Dr Dharmendra Kumar Sinha, Principal Scientist is a senior faculty of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology at ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, India. His fields of research are monitoring and surveillance, seroepidemiology, investigation of animal disease outbreaks, meta-analysis and economic losses due to animal diseases. DrSinha has served as a referee for a number of journals including Indian Journal of Comparative Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases; Journal of Applied AnimalResearch; Indian Journal of Animal Science; Journal of Veterinary Public Health,Frontiers in Microbiology,Nutrition and Food Technology: Open Access.
He has published various research papers in peer-reviewed national and international journals. He is a member of many scientific societies like Indian Association of Veterinary Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Indian Association of Veterinary Public Health Specialists, Society for Immunology and Immunopathology, ARS Scientists Forum.
Dr Dhirendra Kumar Singh is retired Principal Scientist, Division of Veterinary Public Health, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, India. His research interest has been Foodborne Infections and Intoxications and Zoonoses with extensive work on brucellosis, particularly diagnosis and epidemiology. Dr Singh has served as a referee for numerous national and international journals including Indian Journal of Comparative Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases; Journal of Applied Animal Research; Tropical Animal Health and production; Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.
He has to his credit various research publications in peer-reviewed national and international journals and a few chapters in book. He has served as member of various National Expert Bodies especially for control of Brucellosis and Beaureau of Indian Standards (BIS). He is a member of many scientific societies like Indian Association of Veterinary Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases; Indian Society of Veterinary Immunologists and Biotechnologists; Indian Association for Advancement of Veterinary Research; Indian Public Health Association.
