Notifiable Diseases

• Examples of notifiable diseases?

  Rabies, avian flu, swine flu, BSE, tuberculosis, bluetongue, foot and mouth, newcastle disease, equine infectious anaemia
• What is a notifiable disease?


  An animal disease that you're legally obliged to report to the Animal and Plant Health Agency
• What are the two types of notifiable diseases?


  Endemic and exotic
• What is an endemic notifiable disease?


  They are present in the UK
• What is an exotic notifiable disease?


  They are not normally present in the UK
• Example of an endemic notifiable disease?


  Bovine TB
• Examples of exotic notifiable diseases?


  Foot and mouth, rabies and avian flu
• Are most notifiable diseases endemic or exotic?


  Exotic
• What does DEFRA stand for?


  Department for environmental food and rural affairs
• What does APHA stand for?


  Animal and plant health agency
• What will happen after an outbreak is reported?

  An APHA vet will investigate and take samples, exclusion zone set up, movement is banned, animals may be culled
• Why are some diseases notifiable?


  International trade, public health, animal welfare, wider society
• What species are affected by foot and mouth disease?


  Livestock, cattle, sheep, goats, pig, deer
• Symptoms of FMD?


  Fever, blisters in mouth and on feet, drop in milk production, weight loss, loss of appetite, quivering lips, frothing of mouth