Animal Diseases

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Title:   Farm safety - handling animals
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Farmers can easily be injured by their livestock. Animals are unpredictable, especially during the mating season. Cattle, pigs, horses and sheep should be treated with caution at all times.
Date:   Feb 2007
Title:   Community animal health services for improving household wealth and health status of low income farmers
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Livestock are central to the household economy for some communities in low-income and middle-income countries. The availability of basic veterinary services could contribute to the wealth and health of households by preventing animal illness or death. I...
Date:   Feb 2006
Title:   Kunjin virus infection - Fact Sheet
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Kunjin virus (KUNV) was first isolated from mosquitoes collected in north Queensland in 1960. It is closely related to the West Nile virus.
Title:   West Nile Virus - Fact Sheet
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   West Nile Virus (WNV) is transmitted to humans by infected mosquitoes (probably mainly by Culex sp.) and the reservoir for the virus is a wide range of birds.
Title:   Murray Valley encephalitis virus infection - Fact Sheet
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Murray Valley Encephalitis virus (MVEV) is a flavivirus. It has the capacity to cause severe human disease, with encephalitis being the most notable clinical feature.
Title:   WHO/FAO/OIE Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Leptospirosis, Australia and Western Pacific Region
Publisher:   Queensland Health
Description:   The Leptospiral Reference Laboratory was accredited by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) in 1958 and by the Office International des Epizooties (OIE) in 2001. The reference laboratory is involved in many ongoing aspects of leptospiral research, surveillance and diagnosis in the human and veterinary fields.
Date:   Feb 2004
Title:   Virus surveillance: National overview
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This page contains an overview of arbovirus and malaria surveillance in Australia.
Date:   Nov 2003
Title:   Sentinel chicken surveillance program in Australia, July 2002 to June 2003
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Program is used to provide an early warning of increased flavivirus activity in Australia. The main viruses of concern are Murray Valley encephalitis and Kunjin viruses. This article reports on activity during 2002 to 2003.
Date:   Sep 2003
Title:   Preventing dog bites and other problems with pets
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   This document provides a guide to health problems which pets can pass on to humans and suggestions on how to avoid dog bites.
Date:   Dec 1996
Title:   A guide to the use of australian native mammals in biomedical research - including sections 1-3
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Description:   Native mammals often have specific needs that differ from the purpose bred laboratory animal species. This guide outlines some of those needs, including general considerations, diet and anaesthetic techniques.
Date:   Jan 1990
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