TY - BOOK ID - 129268750 TI - Biosecurity in animal production and veterinary medicine : from principles to practice AU - Dewulf, Jeroen AU - Van Immerseel, Filip PY - 2019 SN - 9781789245684 1789245680 PB - Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, DB - UniCat KW - Animal Husbandry KW - Animal health technology. KW - Animals, Domestic. KW - Animaux domestiques. KW - Anti-Infective Agents KW - Biosecurity KW - Biosecurity. KW - Biosécurité KW - Communicable Disease Control KW - Communicable Diseases KW - Domestic animals. KW - Food Safety KW - Médecine vétérinaire KW - Santé animale. KW - Veterinary medicine KW - Veterinary medicine. KW - Methods. KW - Therapeutic use. KW - Veterinary. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:129268750 AB - Antimicrobial use is under debate, and it is becoming standard practice in the animal production industry to implement thorough biosecurity plans to prevent the spread of pathogenic micro-organisms. This book provides a wealth of practical information on the application of biosecurity measures in both farm and companion animal settings. Antimicrobial use is under debate, and it is becoming standard practice in the animal production industry to implement thorough biosecurity plans to prevent the spread of pathogenic micro-organisms. This text provides a wealth of practical information on the application of biosecurity measures in both farm and companion animal settings. Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Chapter 1 - Circles of Disease Transmission -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Common steps in transmission of infectious agents -- 2.1 Entry -- 2.2 Incubation period -- 2.3 Spread within the body -- 2.4 Disease -- 2.5 Exit -- 3 Pathways of pathogen transmission -- 3.1 Main routes -- 3.2 Descriptive terms -- 4 Factors affecting the spread of pathogens within populations -- 4.1 The pathogen -- 4.2 The host -- 4.3 The environment -- 5 Summary -- Chapter 2 - General principles of biosecurity in animal production and veterinary medicine -- 1 What is biosecurity? -- 2 Why is biosecurity important? -- 3 Biosecurity and disease transmission -- 4 The principles of biosecurity -- 4.1 Separation of high- and low-risk animals and environments -- 4.2 Reduction of the general infection pressure -- 4.3 Not all transmission routes are of equal importance -- 4.4 Risk is a combination of probability of transmission and frequency of occurrence of transmission routes -- 4.5 Larger animal groups pose higher risks -- 5 The components of biosecurity -- 5.1 External biosecurity -- 5.2 Internal biosecurity -- 6 Conclusions -- Chapter 3 - Biosecurity and its relationship with health, production and antimicrobial use -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Biosecurity and health -- 3 Biosecurity and production -- 4 Biosecurity and antimicrobial use -- 5 Economic impact of improved biosecurity -- 6 Conclusions -- Chapter 4 - How to motivate farmers to implement biosecurity measures -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Principles of the Theory of Planned Behaviour -- 3 Farmers' attitude towards the implementation of biosecurity measures -- 3.1 Perceived risk of disease occurrence -- 3.2 Perceived cost-effectiveness of biosecurity measures -- 4 Subjective norm -- 4.1 Perceived influence from governments and research institutions. ER -