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Reducing the Risk of Animal-to-Human Disease Transmission at Fairs, Achievement Days, and Petting Zoos
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Daly, Russ |
| Copyright Year | 2005 |
| Abstract | Sources of Risk These pathogens can be isolated from perfectly healthy animals, primarily—but not limited to—cattle, sheep, and goats. Organisms are shed through the animals’ fecal material. The primary manner of transmission to humans is the fecal-oral route. These organisms are shed intermittently, so screening for these agents and removal of positive-testing animals is not effective, nor is antibiotic treatment of the animal. Because of the fecal-oral mode of transmission, several activities place people at risk for acquiring these infections: 1. Because it is common for an animal’s fur, hair, skin, or saliva to become contaminated with these fecal organisms, transmission may occur when people pet, touch, or are licked by animals. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1389&context=extension_extra |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.nasphv.org/Documents/Public_settings_toolkit/ReducingTheRiskOfDiseaseTransmissionFairsAndPettingZoos_SouthDakota.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
