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Document ID (ISN)32056
CIS number 79-1721
ISSN - Serial title 0099-0027 - Professional Safety
Year 1979
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Parrish B.R.
Title Zoonoses: Animal diseases and man.
Bibliographic information June 1979, Vol.24, No.6, p.15-17. 9 ref.
Abstract The most important zoonoses are listed with infectious agent, transmitting animal, symptoms in humans including mortality, occurrence (place and number of cases), and treatment of: anthrax, brucellosis, ornithosis, rabies, swine erysipelas, tetanus and trichinosis. Other possible occupational diseases are mentioned.
Descriptors (primary) livestock rearing; zoonoses; occupational diseases
Descriptors (secondary) tetanus; symptoms; erysipela; medical treatment; brucellosis; psittacosis; rabies; anthrax
Document type -
Subject(s) Agriculture, fishing, animal husbandry
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Livestock rearing
Bacterial and parasitic diseases
Viral diseases (other than aids)
Zoonoses