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02750aam a22005174i 4500 001 D936A8DCEE4E11E0BFB3B9EB6AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20111004010313 008 101221s2011 ohub b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2010053683 020 $a 0821443674 (electronic) 020 $a 9780821443675 (electronic) 020 $a 0821419536 ((hardcover : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780821419533 ((hardcover : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)694223945 040 $a DNLM/DLC $e rda $c DLC $d SILO $d BTCTA $d NLM $d YDXCP $d NTD $d IG# $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a fs----- 050 00 $a RA644.R3 $b B76 2011 060 00 $a 2011 G-431 060 10 $a WC 550 082 00 $a 362.196/953 $2 22 100 1 $a Brown, Karen, $d 1964- 245 1 $a Mad dogs and meerkats : $b a history of resurgent rabies in southern Africa / $c Karen Brown. 260 $a Athens : $b Ohio University Press, $c 2011. 300 $a xiv, 234 p. : $b maps ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Ohio University Press series in ecology and history 504 $a Includes bibliographical references(p. [217- 230) and index. 520 $a "In Mad Dogs and Meerkats, Karen Brown links the increase of rabies in Southern Africa to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Her study shows that the most afflicted regions of South Africa have seen a dangerous rise in feral dog populations as people lack the education, means, or will to care for their pets or take them to inoculation centers. Ineffective disease control, which in part depends on management policies in neighboring states, has exacerbated the problem. The book traces the history of rabies in South Africa and neighboring states from 1800 to the present and shows how environmental and economic changes brought about by European colonialism and global trade have had long-term effects"--Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Rabies $z Africa, Southern $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Rabies $z Africa, Southern $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Rabies $z Africa, Southern $x History $y 21st century. 650 0 $a Rabies $z Africa, Southern $x Epidemiology. 650 12 $a Rabies $x history $z Africa, Southern. 650 22 $a Canidae $z Africa, Southern. 650 22 $a Disease Outbreaks $x history $z Africa, Southern. 650 22 $a Disease Vectors $z Africa, Southern. 650 22 $a Herpestidae $z Africa, Southern. 650 22 $a History, 19th Century $z Africa, Southern. 650 22 $a History, 20th Century $z Africa, Southern. 650 22 $a History, 21st Century $z Africa, Southern. 650 22 $a Rabies $x epidemiology $z Africa, Southern. 830 0 $a Ohio University Press series in ecology and history. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20171003034755.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D936A8DCEE4E11E0BFB3B9EB6AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search