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See also:
| » Animal Health - The executive agency primarily responsible for ensuring that farmed animals in Great Britain are healthy, disease-free and well looked after, and that risk to public health from animal disease is minimised. |
| » Cat Professional - Provides information and advice to cat owners and veterinary professionals. Information on services offered, downloadable publications and forthcoming events and talks in the UK. |
| » Classical Swine Fever - Provides the history of a series of outbreaks in the United Kingdom in 2000, the steps taken by MAFF to contain the disease and the criticism of the disease control strategy. |
| » Common Zoonoses in Agriculture - Provides information on a range of livestock diseases which can be caught by humans, the legal requirements in the UK, the precautions to be taken and safe working practices. [PDF] |
| » Fisheries Research Services: Notifiable Diseases - Provides links to information on a number of fish diseases classified as notifiable in the UK under the Diseases of Fish Acts 1937 and 1983. |
| » Guidance on Control of Johne’s Disease in Dairy Herds - DEFRA outlines the strategies for managing this disease caused by the bacterium, Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis. [PDF] |
| » Horse Care Transport - Provides a purpose-built ambulance services for horses, regularly covering many point-to-points and other horse events especially in the South of England. |
| » Infectious Diseases in Livestock - Report from the Royal Society Inquiry commissioned by the UK Government into livestock diseases issued in July 2002 and a follow-up review in December 2004. |
| » NADIS - The National Animal Disease Information Service is a network of 60 veterinary practices and 6 veterinary colleges monitoring the health of cattle, sheep and pigs in the UK. |
| » Profile for Johne’s Disease - DEFRA outlines the surveillance strategy for this disease including its description, the rationale for Government intervention, its impact, human health implications and legislation. [PDF] |
| » Rabies - BBC Health provides information on this disease, its cause, symptoms, prevention and treatment. |
| » TB in Cattle - DEFRA’s official website on this disease, how it is spread and how farmers can protect their herds. |
| » Veterinary Surveillance: Fish - Provides an introduction to fish and shellfish farming and the fishing industry in the UK, and the checks and controls used to prevent the spread of disease outbreaks. |
| » Veterinary Surveillance: The Wildlife Health Strategy - Outlines a strategy in the UK to protect human health, protect and promote the welfare of animals, and protect the interests of the wider economy, environment, society and international trade. |