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Animal Health

Whose Responsibility Is It?

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Animal Health Concerns Three Levels Of Responsibility What Are They?

• The Animal Owner

• Veterinarian

• Government Officials

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Animal Owner

• Immediate responsibility for animal health.

• Observing the animal daily.

• Responsible for obtaining knowledge about the animal from many sources.

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The Veterinarian

• Professional educated in animal health and preventative medicine.

• Provide services and instruction on health-related problems.

• Report diseases like: Rabies, Anthrax, and Cholera.

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The Government

• Prevent, Control, and Eradicate certain Diseases.

• Animal/Human diseases

• Diseases of economic importance.

• Protection of foreign diseases

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Animal Disease

• Animal to Human Transfer– Rabies

– Brucellosis• Undulant fever

– Psittacosis• parrot fever

– Tuberculosis

• Foreign Disease– Foot and mouth

disease

• USDA and Customs– control animal

importation