Veterinarians are generally trained to ‘hear horses’ when they are developing a list of differential diagnoses for illness in companion animals. However, veterinarians should always consider the ‘zebras’ for zoonoses that have the potential to cause significant morbidity and mortality. These zoonoses include bacterial diseases such as brucellosis, bordetellosis, leptospirosis, coxiellosis, tularemia, plague, and tuberculosis; and the fungal disease sporotrichosis. Brucellosis, coxiellosis, tularemia, plague, tuberculosis and sporotrichosis are covered in this talk using a case-based format.
Learning Objectives:
Know when to think about important zoonoses in your practice in order to protect the health of you and your staff
Know the geographic distribution of zoonotic diseases
Determine how suspect patients should be handled and how diagnosis should be accomplished
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