Zoonotic Diseases: Etiology, Impact, and Control

Zoonotic Abortion in Herds: Etiology, Prevention and Control

In recent years, an increasing number of zoonotic diseases and outbreaks affecting people around the world and it is estimated that of the emerging infectious diseases of humans, 75% are zoonosis (Merianos, 2007). Clearly, these recent events, a number of issues are involved, a fundamental question to be the livestock production systems, as well as the mismanagement of the health of livestock. ...

The First National Congress of Parasitic Diseases and Zoonotic Parasites

Emerging zoonotic viral diseases.

Zoonotic diseases are infectious diseases that are naturally transmitted from vertebrate animals to humans and vice versa. They are caused by all types of pathogenic agents, including bacteria, parasites, fungi, viruses and prions. Although they have been recognised for many centuries, their impact on public health has increased in the last few decades due to a combination of the success in red...

Zoonotic Diseases from Pigs

Zoonotic disease (zoonosis) is most commonly defined as any disease and/or infection which is naturally transmissible from vertebrate animals to man (WHO). The number of zoonosis is estimated to be at least 200, although this number could be much higher, depending how we classify agents. Although already high, this number is expected to increase further, in part due to changes in agricultural p...

Emerging zoonotic diseases.

Vol. 7, No. 3 Supplement, June 2001 Emerging Infectious Diseases 537 Emerging Zoonotic Bacterial and Parasitic Diseases Corrie Brown from the University of Georgia discussed 15 diseases common to humans and animals, with a brief synopsis of how each disease is transmitted from animals to humans, the major animal reservoirs, and factors influencing the emergence of these diseases as human pathog...