Healing the Herds: Disease, Livestock Economies, and the Globalization of Veterinary Medicine

Healing the Herds: Disease, Livestock Economies, and Veterinary Medicine

A historical and interdisciplinary study of livestock disease, veterinary medicine, and the globalization of animal economies. Through case studies from different regions, it examines how infectious diseases, international livestock trade, agricultural intensification, veterinary science, and government policies have shaped animal and human health.

Key Features

• Explores the history of livestock disease and veterinary medicine
• Examines the globalization of veterinary medicine
• Covers infectious disease and livestock epidemics
• Explores the relationship between disease, markets, and livestock trade
• Examines impacts on pastoral and farming communities
• Discusses agricultural intensification and environmental change
• Explores government responses to livestock epidemics
• Examines quarantine, animal culling, and disease-control policies
• Traces the development of germ theory and veterinary technologies
• Discusses the emergence of vaccines and modern disease control
• Includes comparative case studies from different regions
• Examines the connections between animal and human health
• Useful for veterinary historians, veterinarians, animal scientists, historians, and researchers