Biological control of vertebrate pests : the history of myxomatosis ; an experiment in evolution / Frank Fenner and Bernardino Fantini
- Bib ID:
- 2431957
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Fenner, Frank, 1914-
- Online Version:
- Table of contents only
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- Description:
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- Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; New York, NY, USA : CABI Publishing, c1999
- xii, 339 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0851993230
- Summary:
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"Biological control is a common and cost-effective way of controlling insect pests and weeds, but has been ineffective for the control of vertebrate pests. The only successful examples are myxomatosis and rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus to control rabbits in Australia. In this book, the natural history of myxoma virus in American rabbits and the history of its introduction into European rabbits are described at length. This book provides an authoritative account of biological control of vertebrate pests in general and myxomatosis in particular. It will be essential reading for those interested and working in veterinary virology, zoology, pest management and the history of science and medicine."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Machine derived contents note: Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Pest Animals and Plants
- 2. The Rabbit
- 3. Biological Control of Pests
- 4. The Discovery of Myxoma Virus
- 5. The Disease Myxomatosis in the European Rabbit
- 6. The Introduction of Myxomatosis into Australia
- 7. Myxomatosis in Australia: 1952 to 1966
- 8. Myxomatosis in Australia: 1967 to 1997
- 9. Myxomatosis in France
- 10. Myxomatosis Elsewhere in Europe
- 11. The Use of Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease Virus for Rabbit Control
- 12. Ecological and Environmental Effects of Biological Control of Rabbits
- 13. Theoretical Aspects of Microbial Control of Vertebrate Pests
- 14. Coevolution of Parasites and Hosts
- Glossary
- Index of names
- Subject Index.
- Notes:
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- Includes indexes.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Fantini, Bernardino
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 1999
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