VMD 512: Zoo/Wild Animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEMS ARISING FROM ZOOS

• In general zoological gardens, Parks, Corporation zoos seem like natural places to encounter a wide variety of zoonotic diseases. Wild animals can transmit disease to humans in the following ways;
• Certain procedures should be followed in order to decrease possible health hazards to human personnel’s.
• New animals should be properly checked out, before they are added to the collection.
• Proper restraint technique, either physical or chemical should be employed to prevent animal bites.
• Protective clothing that can be cleaned or disposed of after use.
• Personnel hygiene, including washing hands before eating, should be strictly enforced.
• Good sanitation and ventilation greatly decrease the rate of disease transmission.
• Vaccinations of keepers for measles, polio, rabies, mumps, tetanus is beneficial.
• Zoos should not receive or transport any animals that are in bad condition.
• Proper quarantine measures should be carried out.
• Proper report of zoonotic disease is essential.