This manual was prepared by the staff of FAO EMPRES (Livestock). Some source material was provided by the Istituto Zooprofilatico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise "G. Caporale" (IZST), Teramo, Italy, and additional text was based on "Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (lungsickness) - A guide to recognition and action", produced by Dr A.A. Majok and Dr L. Tyler (both formerly) of the Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics Unit of the Department of Animal Health and Production (DAHP), Botswana, and used with the kind permission of the Director of Animal Health and Production, Ministry of Agriculture, Botswana.
Their contributions are gratefully acknowledged.