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Document ID (ISN)57157
CIS number 91-2069
Year 1991
Convention or series no. Occupational Health and Safety Publication No.7
Title Occupational diseases affecting persons who work in contact with animals and their products and wastes
Original title Al-amrāḍ ul-mihniyya allati tasaadifu ladaa l-aškhaas allathiina yu(amaluun bi tamaass ma(a l-hayawaanaat wa muntajaatiha wa fadlaatiha [in Arabic]
Bibliographic information Arab Labour Office, Arab Institute for Occupational Health and Safety, P.O. Box 5770, Damascus, Syria, 1991. 34p.
Abstract Review emphasising the infectious diseases associated with animal husbandry. The diseases, the causative organisms, routes of infection and preventive measures are mentioned.
Descriptors (primary) livestock rearing; developing countries; biological hazards; zoonoses
Descriptors (secondary) report; agriculture; ALO
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Country / State or ProvinceSyrian Arab Republic
Subject(s) Agriculture, fishing, animal husbandry
Broad subject area(s) Biological hazards
Browse category(ies) Zoonoses
Livestock rearing
Biological hazards
OSH in developing countries