http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
x, 320 pages : illustrations, forms, maps ; 28 cm.
What is veterinary disaster management? -- Myths and realities in disasters involving animals -- History of veterinarians' participation in disaster management -- Summer weather -- Winter weather -- Hurricanes -- Floods -- Earthquakes -- Droughts and heat -- Fires -- Hazardous materials -- Cost of disasters to businesses in the animal care industry -- Disaster preparedness for business in the animal care industry -- Business continuity -- Integrating the animal care industry into community emergency management plans -- Integrated emergency management system -- Incident management -- Incident management system (incident command system ) -- Emergency operations plans -- Developing an emergency operations plan -- Special considerations for the management of pets and their owners in disasters -- Principles of disaster relief -- Volunteers in disasters -- Liability in disasters -- Disaster relief services for people -- Disaster relief services for animals and their owners -- Management of pets and their owners in disasters -- Mitigation of disasters on farms
Management of horses in disasters -- Management of livestock in disasters -- Veterinary disaster management in developing countries -- Disaster relief in developing countries -- Mitigation -- Important resources and contacts -- Natural disaster assistance available from the USDA -- Memoranda of understanding -- Veterinary service and animal care annex -- Components of emergency operations plan -- A formal county emergency operations plan -- An annex to a county emergency operations plan -- Summary of comprehensive annex and volunteer enrollment forms -- An emergency operations plan that appoints a veterinarian -- Terms, acronyms, and jargon used in emergency management -- Summary of state laws and good samaritan laws -- SNOMED codes for recording disaster-related conditions in animals -- Text for a brochure for the care of pets in disasters -- Estimating the capacity of a generator to run a business or farm -- Diseases monitored in disaster relief for livestock agriculture in developing countries -- Veterinary incident management system (proposed)
Includes bibliographical references and index.