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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Profile for Verocytotoxin Producing E. coli (VTEC0157) - http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/vetsurveillance/profiles/sp-vtec.pdf
The VTEC0157 strain of E. coli produces a toxin which can cause disease. This profile describes the problem, provides a rationale for government intervention and a GB control strategy. |
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Animal Diseases : University of Nebraska - http://ianrpubs.unl.edu/animaldisease/
Articles on specific livestock diseases. |
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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. |
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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. |