Zoos and biological parks are considered as a hub for public recreation and education. This is highlighted by the fact that visitors to the zoos are increasing year by year and they generate sizeable revenue. Veterinary professionals play a pivotal role in health management of wild animals in zoos and biological parks. Since veterinarians work in close contact with wild animals, there is a pote...

JAVMA, Vol 233, No. 10, November 15, 2008 A human and animal populations increase, the need for veterinarians to serve as leaders in the prevention of and response to zoonotic diseases has never been greater. Zoonoses are defined as diseases that may be directly or indirectly transmitted from wild or domestic animals to humans. Of the 1,461 diseases now recognized in humans, approximately 60% a...

AIM The present study was undertaken to understand the zoonotic importance of canine scabies and dermatophytosis with special reference to the knowledge level of dog owners in urban areas of Gujarat. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was carried out in randomly selected 120 dog owners of 3 urban cities (viz., Ahmedabad, Anand and Vadodara) of Gujarat state, India. Dog owners (i.e., respondents)...

As meat consumption is increasing worldwide to cover for protein demands, also raise concerns and challenges regarding meat hygiene and safety. The current one year follow up study aimed at investigating on sanitary practices and occurrence of zoonotic conditions, during post-mortem examination, in cattle at slaughter in Morogoro Municipality abattoir. Sanitary practices were assessed through d...

BACKGROUND Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare syndrome that is often fatal despite treatment. It is caused by a dysregulation in natural killer T-cell function, resulting in activation and proliferation of histiocytes with uncontrolled hemophagocytosis and cytokines overproduction. The syndrome is characterized by fever, hepatosplenomegaly, cytopenias, liver dysfunction, and hyp...

Accepted: 29/06/2016 Abstract Ethiopia is one of low income countries that are often faced with enormous case of disease of animal origin. Among other factors, community awareness has an important impact on the control of Zoonotic diseases. A questionnaire-based survey of respondents' knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) pertinent to milk-borne zoonoses among dairy farmers (n=225) was conduct...

A survey of 88 veterinarians employed at the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa, was carried out to investigate the occurrence of zoonotic diseases among South African veterinarians. The survey found that 63.6% of veterinarians interviewed had suffered from a zoonotic disease. Veterinarians predominantly involved in farm animal practice were 3 times more likely ...

absenteeism was highly correlated with laboratory-confi rmed infl uenza, and such information could be used to provide surveillance alerts up to 2 weeks before other traditional infl uenza surveillance data sources (3). The use of workplace absenteeism data, particularly from large employers, has the potential for overcoming the major limitation of school-based absenteeism data in detecting out...

INTRODUCTION Zoonotic diseases have varying public health burden and socio-economic impact across time and geographical settings making their prioritization for prevention and control important at the national level. We conducted systematic prioritization of zoonotic diseases and developed a ranked list of these diseases that would guide allocation of resources to enhance their surveillance, pr...