 | Arresting Contagion: Science, Policy, and Conflicts over Animal Disease Control Subjects: Communicable diseases in animals -- United States -- Prevention; Livestock -- Diseases -- United States -- Prevention; Animals -- Diseases -- United States -- Prevention; Animal health; Food -- Safety measures; Over sixty percent of all infectious human diseases, including tuberculosis, influenza, cholera, and hundreds more, are shared with other vertebrate animals. Arresting Contagion tells the story of how early efforts to combat livestock infections turned the United States from a disease-prone nation into a world leader in controlling communicable diseases. Alan Olmstead and Paul Rhode show that many innovations devised in the fight against animal diseases, ranging from border control and food inspection to drug regulations and the creation of federal research labs, provided the foundation for modern food safety programs and remain at the heart of U.S. public health policy. Olmstead Alan L. : Alan L. Olmstead is Distinguished Research Professor of Economics at the University of California, Davis.Rhode Paul W. : Paul W. Rhode is Professor of Economics at the University of Michigan. |
