2. Livestock Disease Environment and Industry Dynamics

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures and Tables ix
4. 1. An Enduring Struggle 1
5. 2. Livestock Disease Environment and Industry Dynamics 19
6. 3. The Battle to Create the Bureau of Animal Industry 42
7. 4. The BAI in Action. 63
8. 5. Bad Blood. 94
9. 6. Contagions and Crises. 115
10. 7. The Hog Cholera Puzzle. 138
11. 8. Trichinosis, Trade, and Food Safety 156
12. 9. The Benevolence of the Butcher 172
13. 10. Bovine Tuberculosis and the Milk Problem 219
14. 11. The Eradication of Texas Fever 251
15. 12. An Impossible Undertaking 278
16. 13. Getting Off the Fix 302
17. 14. The Mirror of the Past 316
18. Abbreviations 325
19. Notes 327
20. Bibliography 405
21. Acknowledgments 447
22. Index 449