Handbook for Zoonotic Diseases of Companion Animals
First
Edition, 2008
Edited by Glenda Dvorak, DVM, MS, MPH, DACVPM;
Anna Rovid-Spickler, DVM, PhD and
James
A. Roth, DVM, PhD
This handbook was developed to provide veterinarians, physicians, and public health professionals with information on zoonotic diseases of companion animals. It also serves as a tool for educating staff and the general public on the recognition and prevention of zoonotic diseases. The book contains overviews on the importance of zoonoses and the need for multi-disciplinary collaboration, the epidemiology of companion animal bites and scratches, veterinarians' legal liability for zoonotic disease, 50 technical zoonotic disease fact sheets with annotated disease images, 50 general public "FastFacts" handouts as well as a number of prevention education handouts.
Coil Bound
361 Pages
ISBN: 0-9745525-6-9
