The book will cover the most important zoonoses having a direct impact
on public health and debate actual developments in this field from a
'One Health' perspective. The main chapters will deal with zoonoses in
the food chain including a special focus on the emerging issue of
antibiotic resistance, with zoonoses in domestic animals, pets, in and
wildlife species, the role of zoonoses in the spread of influenza and
tuberculosis and zoonotic pathogens as agents for bioterrorism. Further
chapters cover non-resolved and currently hotly debated zoonoses (e.g.
Morbus Crohn disease, /Paratuberculosis, Chronic Botulism) as well as,
the economic and ecological aspects of zoonoses.