Compendium of measures to prevent disease associated with animals in public settings, 2005 : National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians, Inc. (NASPHV).
Multiple venues encourage or permit the public to come in contact with animals, resulting in millions of human-animal contacts each year. These settings include county or state fairs, petting zoos, animal swap meets, pet stores, zoologic institutions, circuses, carnivals, farm tours, livestock-birth...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Atlanta, Ga. :
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
2004.
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| Series: | Morbidity and mortality weekly report ;
v. 54, no. RR-4. |
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| Online Access: | text version PDF version |
| Summary: | Multiple venues encourage or permit the public to come in contact with animals, resulting in millions of human-animal contacts each year. These settings include county or state fairs, petting zoos, animal swap meets, pet stores, zoologic institutions, circuses, carnivals, farm tours, livestock-birthing exhibits, educational exhibits at schools, and wildlife photo opportunities. Although multiple benefits of human-animal contact exist, infectious diseases, rabies exposures, injuries, and other human health problems associated with these settings are of concern. Rabid or potentially rabid animals in public settings can result in extensive public health investigation and action. Infectious disease outbreaks reported during the previous decade have been attributed to multiple organisms, including Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella, Coxiella burnetti, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and ringworm. Such incidents have substantial medical, public health, legal, and economic effects. This report provides standardized rcommendations for public health officials, veterinarians, animal venue operators, animal exhibitors, visitors to animal venues and exhibits, and others concerned with disease-control and with minimizing risks associated with animals in public settings, The recommendations to wash hands is the single most important prevention step for reducing the risk for disease transmission. Other critical recommendations are that venues include transition areas between animal areas and nonanimal areas (where food is sold) and that animals are properly cared for and managed in public settings. In addition, this report recommends educating venue operators, staff, exhibitors, and visitors regarding the risk for disease transmission where animal contact is possible. |
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| Item Description: | Includes 4 page insert of questions to be answered and submitted for continuing medical education credit. |
| Physical Description: | 13 pages ; 28 cm. Also available via the World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Bibliography: pages 10-12. |