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Zoonoses Resources

defra logo  Department for environment, food and rural affairs

The health and welfare of animals is central to Defra's work of protecting and improving livestock and controlling and eradicating disease. Defra provides information on notifiable animal diseases, zoonoses, and veterinary surveillance in Great Britain.
http://archive.defra.gov.uk/foodfarm/farmanimal/diseases/atoz/zoonoses/index.htm

Surveillance
http://archive.defra.gov.uk/foodfarm/farmanimal/diseases/vetsurveillance/index.htm

Zoonoses monitoring
http://archive.defra.gov.uk/foodfarm/farmanimal/diseases/atoz/zoonoses/directive.htm

UK Zoonoses Trends and Sources data
http://archive.defra.gov.uk/foodfarm/farmanimal/diseases/atoz/zoonoses/trends-sources.htm

Disease Profiles
http://archive.defra.gov.uk/foodfarm/farmanimal/diseases/vetsurveillance/profiles/

Pet diseases
http://archive.defra.gov.uk/foodfarm/farmanimal/diseases/vetsurveillance/species/petanimals.htm

The Pet Travel Scheme
http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-pets/pets/travel/pets/

DACTARI (Dog and Cat Travel and Risk Information)
http://archive.defra.gov.uk/foodfarm/farmanimal/diseases/vetsurveillance/dactari/index.htm

Fallen Stock
http://archive.defra.gov.uk/foodfarm/byproducts/fallen/

International Animal Health

World Organisation for Animal Health
The OIE (the World Organisation for Animal Health) requires that each Member Country reports animal diseases, including those which are transmissable to humans, that it detects on its territory. The OIE then disseminates the information to other countries, which can take the necessary preventive action.
http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm
World Animal Health Information Database
http://web.oie.int/wahis/public.php?page=home

Information on Zoonoses and Animal Health in the UK

UK Zoonoses reports and surveillance data

See here for  Data and annual reports 

Health and Safety Executive information sheets

Avoiding ill health at open farms - Advice to Farmers (with teachers supplement) http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/ais23.pdf

Common Zoonoses in Agriculture http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/ais2.pdf
Leptospirosis - are you at risk? http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg84.pdf

HPA VLA Joint Collaboration Report 2006-2007

HP VLA Collaboration Report 2006-2007 (PDF, 162 KB)Link to PDF

Human Animal Infections and Risk Surveillance (HAIRS) group

This is a multi-agency and cross-disciplinary horizon scanning group with members from the HPA, Defra, the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA), and the Department of Health (DH), and is chaired by the HPA's Department of Emerging Infections and Zoonoses (EIZ) at the Centre for Infections. Information on the HAIRS group 

Risk assessments

Palmer S, Brown D, Morgan D. "Early qualitiative risk assessment of the emerging zoonotic potential of animal diseases" British Medical Journal 2005 Nov 26;331(7527):1256-60.
Open access article at http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/331/7527/1256

UK Zoonoses, Animal Diseases and Infections (UKZADI) Group

UKZADI advises on important trends and observations which impact on animal and public health including where necessary preventative and remedial action. The Group’s role is also to provide a strategic overview and means of ensuring overall co-ordination of public health action at the UK, national and local level with regard to existing and emerging zoonotic infections, trends in antimicrobial resistance, and animal-related chemical risks to the food chain. http://archive.defra.gov.uk/foodfarm/farmanimal/diseases/atoz/zoonoses/ukzadi/index.htm

North West Zoonoses Group (NWZG)

Deals with issues of zoonotic disease in north-west England
http://www.northwest-zoonoses.info/


Last reviewed: 25 May 2011