Rabies in the Streets: Interspecies Camaraderie in Urban India

by Deborah Nadal

Book Overview

Found in two-thirds of the world, rabies is a devastating infectious disease with a 99.9 percent case-fatality rate and no cure once clinical signs appear. Rabies in the Streets tells the compelling story of the relationship between people, street animals, and rabies in India, where one-third of human rabies deaths occur. Deborah Nadal argues that only a One Health approach of "interspecies camaraderie" can save people and animals from the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271085967
• ISBN13: 9780271085968
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"