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This 10 page paper is written in 3 parts. The first part looks at the regulations in the UK and the level of regulation that are in place to control and monitor the risks from zoonoses. The second part of the paper looks at measures that can reduce risk to exposure with examples, the last part of the paper discusses demographic and socio-economic changes that change the exposure to zoonoses. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
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File: TS14_TEzoonoses.rtf
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need to be cared for, whether in a home setting as pet or in a work setting in the field of agriculture. Animals also carry risks for humans in the
form of zoonoses which can be guarded against with careful management strategies as well as being covered by law. The World Health
Organisation (WHO) defines zoonoses as "Diseases and infections, which are transmitted naturally between vertebrate animals and man" (MAFF, 1999). This covers a large range of diseases where there are various
epidemiologys and divergent requirements for control measures (MAFF, 1999). The method of transmission may also be divergent as the organism that causes the disease may be viruses, bacteria, parasitic, protozoal
or any format in which a disease can be spread (MAFF, 1999). These may include BSE, bird flu, E-Coli and salmonella among others.
The wide range of potential causative organisms and the wide range of diseases that can result means that the regulations that cover them needs to deal with a range
of zoonoses, these may include Leptospirosis, also known as Weils Disease which is carried in the urine of rats, this can be fatal in up to 20% of cases.
Aerosols from infected birds can spreads Newcastle Disease, this results in flue like symptoms and a fever, but is not life threatening. Infected birds can also spread Psittacosis with direct
contact which also gives flu like symptoms and a pneumonia type illness that can involve major organs. One of the better known zoonoses is rabies, this is a acute infection
that attacks the central nervous system which is usually fatal. There are a range of different regulations in place to protect the
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