The topic, sector or part of society working to ensure a state of physical and psychological well-being of animals including maintenance of efficient production systems...

The occurrence of more cases of disease than expected in a given area or among a specific group of people over a particular period of time.

Surveillance that uses health-related information (clinical signs or other data) that might precede or substitute for formal diagnosis. This information may be used to indicate...

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Surveillance of health indicators and diseases in defined populations to increase the likelihood of timely detection of undefined (new) or unexpected (exotic or reemerging)...

transmission of a pathogen from vertebrate host to another within the adequate environmental conditions

An animal, most often an arthropod, which picks up the pathogen from an infected person or animal and transmits it to a susceptible individual.

An incidence, observed under given circumstances, of two or more human cases of the same disease and/or infection, or a situation in which the observed number of human cases...

A group of closely related microorganisms distinguished by a characteristic set of antigens; alsothe set of antigens characteristic of such a group

Capable of being transmitted by insect and tick or mites (arthropod) vectors.

The condition in which a disease spreads rapidly through a community in which that disease is normally not present or is present at a low level.

Differences in health status or in the distribution of health determinants between different population groups.

Indicative of, or caused by, a disease or condition.

An aggregation of cases of a disease, injury, or other health condition (particularly cancer and birth defects) in a circumscribed area during a particular period without regard...

An epidemic in which new cases of disease occur over a long period, indicating persistence of the disease source.

A drug that kills or stops the growth of bacteria. Antibiotics are a type of antimicrobial. Penicillin and ciprofloxacin are examples of antibiotics.

Observer-initiated provision of animal health related data (e.g. voluntary notification of suspect disease) or the use of existing data for surveillance. Decisions about whether...

Whether the surveillance system produces the desired effect without wasting resources. Three levels of economic efficiency can be defined: - Optimisation: maximising the net...

A set of uniformly applied criteria for determining whether an individual should be identified as having a particular disease, injury, or other health condition. In...