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Zoonoses: Questions and Answers on Q-fever - http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/zoonoses/qfever.htm
Provides information on this disease which puzzled researchers for a long time. |
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Disease Factsheet: Anthrax - http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/notifiable/anthrax/index.htm
Information on this notifiable disease, its transmission, clinical signs, post-mortem appearances, precautions, treatment and the GB legislation covering it. |
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Vesicular Stomatitis - http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/notifiable/vesiculatstomatitis/index.htm
DEFRA factsheet providing information on the history and spread of this disease which affects cattle, pigs and horses, the clinical signs and post-mortem appearances. |
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Specified Diseases - http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/notifiable/specified.htm
Provides a list of the diseases which are compulsorily notifiable under European Union legislation. |
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Disease Factsheet: Rift Valley Fever - http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/notifiable/riftvalleyfever/index.htm
History and spread of this disease which affects sheep, goats and cattle, the clinical signs, post-mortem appearances and the UK and EU legislation that covers it. |
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Common Zoonoses in Agriculture - http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/ais2.pdf
Provides information on a range of livestock diseases which can be caught by humans, the legal requirements in the UK, the precautions to be taken and safe working practices. |
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Rift Valley Fever - http://www.fao.org/NEWS/1998/rvf-e.htm
A mosquito-borne viral disease leading to serious economic losses in livestock, particularly sheep. Transmission, symptoms, related links. |
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Bluetongue: How to Spot the Disease - http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/notifiable/pdf/bluetongue0707.pdf
Provides information on how this disease is transmitted, the import of susceptible livestock, the clinical signs in cattle and sheep, and vaccination. |
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Prion Diseases - http://www.microbiologybytes.com/virology/Prions.html
Information about scrapie and other diseases in which a protein is the infective agent. |
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Anthrax - http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/heasan/disemala/anthchar/anthcharfse.shtml
Information on this disease, its transmission, clinical signs, diagnosis, treatment and the precautions necessary to prevent human infection. |
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Vesicular Stomatitis - http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/heasan/disemala/vssv/vssvfse.shtml
Information on this disease, its transmission, clinical signs, diagnosis and what is being done to prevent its entry into Canada. |
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Bluetongue - http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/heasan/disemala/blufie/blufiefse.shtml
Information on this disease, its transmission, clinical signs and what is being done to prevent its entry into Canada. |
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Rift Valley Fever - http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/heasan/disemala/rift/riftfse.shtml
Information on this disease, its transmission and spread, its clinical signs, diagnosis and what is being done to prevent its entry into Canada. |
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Trichinellosis - http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/heasan/disemala/trich/trichfse.shtml
Information on this disease, where it occurs, its transmission and spread, the public health risk, symptoms in humans, its diagnosis and what is being done to prevent its entry into Canada. |
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Anaplasmosis - http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/heasan/disemala/anaplasmos/anaplasfse.shtml
Information on this disease of ruminants, its transmission and spread, its clinical signs and what is being done to prevent its entry into Canada. |
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Brucellosis Fact Sheet - http://www.doh.wa.gov/EHSPHL/factsheet/bruce.htm
Brucellosis is a bacterial disease that can be passed from animals, such as cows, sheep and goats, to humans. |
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Profile for Toxoplasmosis - http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/vetsurveillance/profiles/sp-toxoplasmosis.pdf
Provides information on this disease, the rationale for government intervention, the risks to human health and the GB disease control strategy. |
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Anthrax - http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/search/search.cgi?collection=external&form=custom&meta_y_not=0ARCHIVE0&query=t%3A%22anthrax%22+s%3A%22anthrax%22&meta_x_sand=&sort=title&x=34&y=12
Clinical signs that can be found in sheep, goats, cattle and humans. Includes treatments that are described. |
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Screw-worm Fly - http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/search/search.cgi?collection=external&form=custom&meta_y_not=0ARCHIVE0&query=t%3A%22screw+worm+fly%22+s%3A%22Chrysomya+bezziana%22&meta_x_sand=&sort=title&x=34&y=12
Serious threat to pastoral industries, occurs in almost all tropical countries except Australia. Its life cycle and potential impact on cattle, sheep, dogs and humans are described. |
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Cheesy Gland - http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/pls/portal30/docs/FOLDER/IKMP/PW/AH/DIS/SL/FN2005_CHEESY_GLAND.PDF
Causes, spread, symptoms, and prevention of CLA in sheep and goats. |