The UK's fight against zoonotic diseases, including avian flu and bovine tuberculosis received a major boost today (16 February) with the allocation of £200 million for a programme of investment ...

Zoonoses, infectious diseases which are transmissible from vertebrate animals to humans, present considerable public health, social and economic risks. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, it was ...

Zoonotic diseases highlight the interconnectedness of human, animal, and environmental health. The One Health approach recognizes that the health of humans, animals, and ecosystems are closely ...

According to the Animal Husbandry Department, understanding which diseases are zoonotic is crucial for effective public health strategies and preventing unnecessary fear and stigmatisation of animals.

The UK’s fight against zoonotic diseases – which can be transmitted from animals to humans and include avian flu and bovine TB – has received a major funding boost. Defra secretary George ...

While it is a rarity in humans, it affects cattle, leading to livestock being slaughtered. In 2001 and 2007, the UK suffered outbreaks of the disease leading to millions of livestock animals being ...

Zoonotic diseases, also called zoonoses, are illnesses caused by germs that are passed between animals and people. "Put simply, a zoonotic disease is one that originates in animals and can cause ...

Zoonotic pathogens, which include not only COVID-19 but HIV/AIDS and Ebola, have increasingly emerged because of stresses humans have placed on animal habitats, according to a United Nations report.

Illnesses that can pass from animals to humans are known as zoonotic. They're surpisingly common: More than six out of every 10 known infectious diseases in people are actually contracted from ...

A global study mapping human diseases that come from animals like tuberculosis, AIDS, bird flu or Rift Valley fever has found that just 13 such diseases are responsible for 2.4 billion cases of ...

Protecting animal and human health is critical upon diagnosis of a zoonotic disease,” Hasel said in a statement provided by the Wyoming Livestock Board. How is it transmitted?