Veterinary virology is a major branch of veterinary medicine that
studies viruses in non-human animals. Some of the viruses studied under
this discipline are rhabdoviruses, foot and mouth disease viruses,
pestiviruses, parvoviruses, coronaviruses, toroviruses and influenza
etc. Rhabdoviruses are single stranded, negative sense RNA viruses which
can infect a wide variety of animals. A few examples of rhabdoviruses
are rabies virus and vesicular stomatitis virus. Foot and mouth disease
viruses are non-enveloped, positive strand, RNA viruses that cause foot
and mouth diseases in animals such as cattle, sheep and pigs.
Pestiviruses are made up of single stranded, positive-sense RNA genomes.
Diseases like classic swine fever and bovine viral diarrhea are caused
due to these viruses. Parvoviruses are one of the tiniest viruses. They
cause diseases in the gastrointestinal tract and lymphatic system. This
book explores all the important aspects of veterinary virology. It also
elucidates some of the vital pieces of work conducted across the world,
on various topics related to this field. The extensive content of this
book provides the readers with a thorough understanding of the subject.
