Transcript Zoonotic_Infections

ZOONOTIC DISEASES
C S Parker BVM&S MRCVS DBR
Farm/Equine Unit,
Scarsdale Veterinary
What is a Zoonotic disease
What is their significance to me?
 They can kill me!
 They can kill my clients!
 They can kill the rest of the nation
What diseases might I meet in
practice
 Farm animal practice
 Equine practice
 small animal practice
 meat hygiene work
 Research
Farm Animal Practice
 Tuberculosis
 Brucella
 Anthrax
Other farm zoonoses
 Salmonella
 E Coli 0157
 Campylobactera
 Listeria
 Leptospirosis
A Colour Atlas of Diseases &
disorders of cattle
Blowey & Weaver
BSE!
 Prions
 New variant cjd
 evidence?
 Situation abroad?
Foot & Mouth Disease
 Zoonotic?
Other farm Zoonoses
 Orf
 Enzootic Abortion
 Cryptosporridia
 Hydatid disease
 Q fever
 Strep Suis
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Equine Practice
 Strangles
 Salmonella
 Ringworm
 Exotics-glanders
 Equine infectious
anaemia
Small Animal Practice
 Parasites
 Salmonella
 campylobactera
 ringworm
 cat scratch fever
 Rabies!
Veterinary Parasitology
G M Urquhart
Exotic Species
 Psittacosis
 Ornithosis
Ringworm
Rabies
 All mammals
 temperament change
 humans
 vectors
A Colour Atlas of Diseases &
disorders of cattle
Blowey & Weaver
Future Problems
 Transgenic organ transfer
 Genetic manipulation
 Aids scenarios