Casey Barton Behravesh, MS, DVM, DrPH, DACVPM — Director, One Health Office, National Center for Emerging and
Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Little consideration has been given to the known and potential
zoonotic infectious diseases of small companion animals.
As companion animals share the same environment with people, there is a need to clarify the role of companion animals as sources of
zoonotic infectious diseases.
Bartonella is
a zoonotic infectious disease of worldwide distribution, caused by an expanding number or recently discovered Bartonella species.
In recent years, physicians, veterinarians, and other scientist have called for a ONE HEALTH approach to this emerging
zoonotic infectious disease.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Emerging and
Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) Division of Vector - Borne Diseases (DVBD).
Centre for Food - borne, Environmental and
Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
Although the Ebola epidemic in West Africa is waning, the CDC would get $ 294 million more than in 2015 to study emerging
zoonotic infectious diseases, giving a total of $ 699 million for these activities.
The HHS investigation team, which did not include CDC employees who worked in EOC or in
the zoonotic infectious diseases branch, concluded on 2 September that evidence did not support Lanciotti's allegations about Singleplex's superiority, or that there was any specific danger to public health because of the use of Trioplex.
The most notable increase would go to «emerging and
zoonotic infectious disease» programs, allotted $ 699 million in the 2016 budget — a nearly $ 300 million increase.
«A lot of people don't come here through the so - called legal channels,» said Marian McDonald, associate director for health disparities at the National Center for Emerging and
Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) at CDC.
Shopper cards proved their mettle in that crisis, recalls Ian Williams, chief of outbreak response and prevention at the CDC's National Center for Emerging and
Zoonotic Infectious Diseases.
Not exact matches
Yet, her expertise in
infectious and
zoonotic diseases enables her to support policy addressing public health and agricultural disaster prevention, preparedness and response.
Colorado State University biologists say this sporadic ebb and flow of prairie dog plague is an ideal model for the study of rare
infectious zoonotic disease — disease that can jump from wildlife to humans — like MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) and Ebola.
PFIE works according to the certification ISO 9001 and is open to the whole research community, from either academic or private sectors, studying farm animal and
zoonotic diseases, testing new diagnostic tools or vaccines against
infectious diseases.
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«I'm not a proponent of having animals sleep on your bed, as it is always possible for animals to carry some
infectious or
zoonotic disease that they might pass to their owners,» says Dr Simon Quek, veterinarian at Mount Pleasant Animal Medical Centre's Clementi branch.
Her research interests include
infectious disease epidemiology,
zoonotic disease prevention, cultural competence, and community health.
Breitschwerdt EB, Maggi RG, Chomel BB, Lappin MR. Bartonellosis: an emerging
infectious disease of
zoonotic importance to animals and human beings.
Her interests encompass numerous areas including nephrology, oncology (pathogenesis and epidemiology), pathophysiology, and
infectious and
zoonotic diseases.
Most feline
infectious diseases only affect cats, but
zoonotic diseases pass between cats and people.
VSPs are guidelines designed to minimize the risk of
zoonotic infections from recognized and unrecognized sources and should be used whenever personnel may be exposed to potentially
infectious materials, including feces, blood, body fluids, and exudates, or when skin is not intact.3 VSPs include strategies to reduce the potential for bites and other traumas that may result in exposure to
zoonotic pathogens.
Breitschwerdt EB, Maggi RG, Chomel BB, Lappin MR. Bartonellosis: An emerging
infectious disease of
zoonotic importance to animals and to human beings.
«Domestic cats are a potential source of numerous
infectious disease agents,» write Rick Gerhold and David Jessup, in their paper, «
Zoonotic Diseases Associated with Free - Roaming Cats,» published online in July by the journal Zoonoses Public Health (and to be included in an upcoming print edition).
This is an
infectious fungal disease that is
zoonotic, meaning it can affect other animals and people,» Diesel explained.
This will ultimately benefit the practice of veterinary medicine in the areas of public health and safety, especially with issues such as
zoonotic diseases,
infectious diseases, biosecurity and terrorism, and food safety becoming concerns with the general public
The NAIA Shelter Project is a unique and invaluable research program dedicated to understanding shelter population trends, reducing euthanasia of adoptable pets, improving pet health and welfare, reducing
infectious and
zoonotic disease transmission, and fighting consumer fraud.
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Infectious Diseases in North America: Clinical and
Zoonotic Implications
and is an important
infectious agent to consider in all suspected cases because of its
zoonotic potential.
Less commonly, Streptococcus species, Escherichia coli, and fungal organisms (such as Aspergillus species) can be causes.3 Brucella canis can also cause discospondylitis and is an important
infectious agent to consider in all suspected cases because of its
zoonotic potential.
Zoonotic diseases, which are caused by
infectious organisms spreading among species (animals to humans and vice versa), are a continual source of intrigue for me as a practicing veterinarian.
(Animals could have
infectious or
zoonotic diseases which could be passed on to humans and other animals, if the animal is sold.)
«Importing dogs that may be infected with rabies, other
zoonotic and / or
infectious diseases puts American citizens and animals at risk of illness or death and should not be allowed,» Strand says.
It provides crucial safeguards against the introduction of dogs carrying
infectious and
zoonotic diseases and parasites, which hurt consumers who buy or adopt them and can spread to other animals and people.
Awards Vaughn Larson Award, 2017 Career Development Program Fellowship, Center of Excellence for Emerging and
Zoonotic Animal Diseases, 2014
Infectious Disease Dynamics and Data - Clinic on Dynamical Approaches to Infections Disease Data Travel Award (2014) College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota - International Travel Grant -
Infectious Disease Risk Assessment (2013) University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine, Quinlan - Litvak Scholarship Recipient (2013) College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota - Summer Scholars Recipient (2012) Summer Scholars Points of Pride Research Poster Award - 1st Place (2012)
The clinic's ICP should dictate the management of any
infectious disease, both
zoonotic and nonzoonotic.
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Comprehensive Biosecurity Plan, including
infectious disease control, handwashing and sanitation protocols, and
zoonotic disease control.
The majority of known human
infectious diseases are «
zoonotic,» meaning they are shared with animals.
With roughly 70 percent of human
infectious diseases being
zoonotic, we should be worried.
Best knowledge about the
zoonotic infections or abnormalities along with other
infectious diseases.