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Animal Health at the Crossroads Preventing, Detecting, and Diagnosing Animal Diseases (2005) / Chapter Skim
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B Glossary of Terms
Pages 173-178

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... ABSL-3 builds upon the standard practices, procedures, containment equipment, and facility requirements of ABSL-2. Animal health framework: The collection of organizations and participants in the public and private sectors who are directly responsible for maintaining the health of all animals who are impacted by animal disease or influence its determinants.
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... Bovine tuberculosis: Tuberculosis in cattle caused by infection with the bacterium Mycobacterium bovis, which can be transmitted to other animals and to humans. Brucellosis: A disease of domestic animals, such as cattle, sheep, goats, and dogs, that is caused by brucellae and sometimes results in spontaneous abortions in newly infected animals.
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... The disease is characterized by fever and vesicles with subsequent erosions in the mouth, nares, muzzle, feet, or teats. Foreign animal disease (FAD)
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... 176 APPENDIX B Hog cholera: A highly contagious viral disease of swine that occurs in an acute, subacute, chronic, or persistent form. In the acute form, the disease is characterized by high fever, severe depression, multiple superficial and internal hemorrhages, and high morbidity and mortality.
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... Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) : Examples include, but are not limited to, the following diseases: feline spongiform encephalopathy, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, chronic wasting disease, and scrapie.
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  • foreign animal
  • domestic animal
  • chronic wasting
  • wasting disease


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