Background: The study was carried out to assess the consciousness of dairy farmers about rabies as an oldest zoonosis. Methods: Using simple random sampling method, 180 from 36 villages 6 talukas Panchmahals and Mahisagar districts Gujarat state (India) were selected. Result: majority (90.56%) had high very level rabies. medium knowledge (72.22%), sensitivity (91.11%) favorable most attitude (9...

Today most emerging infectious diseases, such as sudden acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and novel influenza A H1N1 (swine flu), arise in the natural environment as zoonoses and are distributed by international commerce and travel. The helminthic infections that can cause eosinophilic meningoencephalitis (EM), such as neuroangiostrongyliasis, baylisascariasis, and gnathostomiasis, share these ...

The goal of this research was to examine parents' perception of the zoonosis and responsible pet care, observing their level of knowledge and awareness about the theme. A convenience sample of 64 parents from two kindergarten schools located at Metropolitan Region of Recife, Pernambuco State, was surveyed using a perception questionnaire. Findings indicate that 71.8 % didn't know the meaning of...

Borreliosis caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato is a cosmopolitan zoonosis studied worldwide; it is called Lyme disease in many countries of the Northern Hemisphere and Lyme-like or Baggio-Yoshinari Syndrome in Brazil. However, despite the increasing number of suspect cases, this disease is still neglected in Brazil by the medical and veterinary communities. Brazilian Lyme-like borreliosi...

Changing social and environmental factors have been the cause of an increase in the number and variety of animals are being imported into Japan. Moreover, the number of Japanese households are keeping companion animals has also risen. These factors, along with the high density of the Japanese population and the low percentage of registered dogs, have increased the risk of animal-to-human transm...

Sir, Toxoplasmosis is a common parasitic infection of humans, to which almost one third of humanity is exposed to [1]. While more than 50% women of child bearing age in Western Europe, Africa, South and Central America are seropositive for toxoplasmosis, some populations of El Salvador, Germany and France show 75% seropositivity, with approximately 90% adults of Paris and 50% adults in Germany ...

Background: The veterinarian is a complex and varied work: risks in veterinary activity show are more typical of manual work than medical profession. Many reviews analyzed occupational risks related to veterinarians, but compared to the past current risks are more different. This review analyzes veterinary profession considering main occupational risk factors, as defined by World Health Organiz...