{"product_id":"mad-dogs-donald-finley-9780890968222","title":"Mad Dogs: The New Rabies Plague","description":"Rabies, one of humanity's most ancient and feared diseases, has swept through Texas in one of the most dangerous outbreaks in decades. Normally timid coyotes have become fearless, challenging ranch dogs twice their size, attacking an infant on her porch swing, menacing oil field workers. More ominously, they have infected hundreds of pet dogs, resulting in some fifteen hundred people in South Texas exposed to the dreaded disease. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile South Texas copes with the effects of this outbreak, another has infected raccoons from Florida to New York, turning those toylike and benign creatures vicious. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe United States, with the world's most complex rabies problems, seems helpless to resolve them--despite the fact Europe and Canada have mounted successful and ongoing oral rabies vaccination programs. Controversy remains over who will pay for a federally approved vaccine, since the United States considers rabies a local health problem, though the virus knows no state lines or international boundaries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1995, the USDA granted permission to drop an experimental, genetically engineered vaccine over nearly fifteen thousand square miles of South Texas brushlands in an effort to stop the spread of the disease. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMad Dogs: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e New Rabies Plague, \u003c\/i\u003e Don Finley chronicles the epidemic, the politics of response to it, and the most ambitious American attempt yet to erect a barrier against the disease--in Texas. He tells the stories of those who have been plagued by rabies, and those who have accepted the charge to end the plague. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFinley's straightforward language, free of either jargon or hysteria, is a welcome approach in describing the disease's destructive effects. His rare inside look into the politics and the science of disease control within public bureaucracies will engross those interested in science and public health issues, pet owners and wildlife enthusiasts, and those fascinated by infectious disease threats.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donald Finley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0890968225\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780890968222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas A\u0026amp;M University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.08h x 6.07w x 0.73d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/1998 pg. 108","brand":"Donald Finley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447814402303,"sku":"9780890968222","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_246a552e-5d43-432a-a897-721447401333.jpg?v=1777234998","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mad-dogs-donald-finley-9780890968222","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}