The study related to the viruses in animals is known as veterinary
virology. It is a sub-field of veterinary medicine. Each animal species
is affected by different types of viruses. However, there are also some
viruses which can affect different species as well as both vertebrates
and invertebrates. Some of the viruses which affect vertebrates are
bluetongue virus, rabies virus and rhabdovirus. Bluetongue virus
generally infects livestock while rabies virus can infect a large
variety of animals such as dogs, monkeys, foxes and bats. Rhabdovirus is
single stranded, negative sense RNA virus inheriting six genera that
infect a wide variety of animals such as cattle, fish, horse, bovine,
etc. Invertebrates such as honey bees are infected by deformed wing
virus. This book contains some path-breaking studies in the field of
veterinary virology. Different approaches, evaluations, methodologies
and advanced studies on veterinary virology have been included herein.
Researchers and students in this field will be assisted by the content
of this book.