Sentences with phrase «prevent zoonoses»

The CDC has been eager to strengthen its relationship with the industry and invited spokespersons to Atlanta to discuss how the industry and the government can prevent zoonoses issues.

Preventing zoonoses starts by understanding the ways diseases can be transmitted between humans and animals.

Good hygiene — yours, that is — is one of the most important ways you can prevent zoonosis.

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Since 2013, the subcommittee has orchestrated several successes and positive outcomes, some of which include: • Collaborating with the PIJAC Zoonosis committee to update the Healthy Herp Handling poster promoting healthy reptile and amphibian handling practices; develop the Zoonotic Disease Prevention Series for Retailers; draft informative store signage on how to prevent zoonotic diseases; participate in meetings on rodent and reptile disease transmission with the Centers for Disease Control; and produce and revise best management practices (BMP) documents; • Collaborating with the United States Association of Reptile Keepers on past and current attempts to pass legislation, ordinances, and regulatory activity that may impact herp ownership and related businesses; • Attending Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) meetings with reports and summary of actions affecting import and export of reptiles; • Addressing the 2013 Center for Biological Diversity petition to list 53 herp species under the Endangered Species Act; • Reviewing and commenting on the recent US Fish and Wildlife status review on the proposal to list wood turtles under the Endangered Species Act; • Submitting comments on proposed listing of flat - tailed tortoise and spider tortoise under the Endangered Species Act; • Introducing federal legislation in 2013 to allow for the export of certain constrictors listed as injurious in air shipments with aircraft that land in a state for refueling; • Providing volunteer support for auctions at 2013 National Reptile Breeders Expo and several North American Reptile Breeders Conferences; • Providing extensive consultation on constrictor caging standards in Ohio.

Preventing and curing disease in companion animals also means protecting people's health because there are many pet diseases that can be transferred to humans (Emerging diseases and zoonoses).

The study will enhance outreach efforts to control and prevent respiratory diseases in backyard poultry, which may also benefit commercial flocks and help reduce zoonoses.

The director has to figure out how to recruit and train the volunteers, how to motivate them to keep coming back, what they will and won't be allowed to do, how to keep them safe from bites and zoonoses, what the considerations are for legal liability, what tracking of volunteers will be done, how to evaluate volunteers to make sure they are being used most effectively and prevented from doing any harm, what accommodations can be set aside for them in the shelter, and so on.

Callisto stands for Companion Animals multisectoriaL interprofessionaL and Interdisciplinary Strategic Think tank On zoonoses and the project aims to provide an overview of the current situation and propose targeted actions to prevent and reduce the health risks for humans and food animals associated with keeping companion animals.

We host on our website public - facing and retailer - focused standards of care and zoonoses prevention education documents, and our Fish & Wildlife Services - partnered Habitattitude effort educates the public on how to prevent their pet from becoming an invasive species.

Edling is the head of the PIJAC Zoonoses Committee, providing health and care information to the industry and the general public to prevent the potential transmission of disease from pets to humans.