Zoonoses associated with petting farms and open zoos

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-92

  Stirling, Jonathan ^a,b   Griffith, Michael ^c,d   Dooley, James S G ^b   Goldsmith, Colin E ^a   Loughrey, Anne ^a   Lowery, Colm J ^b   McClurg, Robert ^a   McCorry, Kieran ^a   McDowell, David ^b   McMahon, Ann ^b   Millar, B Cherie ^a   Rao, Juluri ^e   Rooney, Paul J ^a   Snelling, William J ^b   Matsuda, Motoo ^f   Moore, John E ^a,g  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Jubilee Veterinary Center   (United Kingdom)

^d City of Belfast Zoological Gardens   (United Kingdom)

^e AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^f AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g Department of Bacteriology Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Arcobacter; Campylobacter; E. coli O157; Exotic species; Open farms; Petting farms; Salmonella; Shigella; Yersinia; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANCYLOSTOMA CANINUM; BACILLUS MELITENSIS; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BEAR; BIRD; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BRUCELLOSIS; CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAT; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COW; COXIELLA BURNETII; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DOG; EBOLA VIRUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELEPHANT; FARM ANIMAL; FEEDING; FLAVIVIRUS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GOAT; HAND WASHING; HANTAVIRUS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MONKEYPOX VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; ORANG UTAN; PARASITOSIS; PASTEURELLA; PASTEURELLA CANIS; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; RODENT; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEALPOX VIRUS; SHEEP; SHIGELLOSIS; SWINE; TINEA; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRICHOPHYTON VERRUCOSUM; VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; YERSINIA; ZOO ANIMAL; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HUMANS; HYGIENE; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; RISK-TAKING; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; ARCOBACTER; AVES; CAMPYLOBACTER; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OVIS ARIES; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; YERSINIA;

EID: 39449087299     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2006.0639     Document Type: Review

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