Impact of Emerging Zoonotic Diseases on Animal Health

The need to protect biodiversity places great constraints on the
use of natural spaces such as forests and preserves and often
conflicts with the need for sustainable intensification of
agricultural and animal production.



Human, domestic animal, and wildlife habitats have increasingly
overlapped and have resulted in modified patterns of interaction
between wild and domestic animals and humans. In such an
environmental context, we can expect to see changes in disease
transmission between animals and humans. We have already seen an
increase in incidence of previously identified zoonoses, but the
recent epidemic crises associated with the emergence of new
zoonotic diseases such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
and avian influenza emphasize our need to understand and control
disease emergence.

The necessity for sustained development and growth of animals in
the tropics requires that we identify and control factors that
contribute to the emergence of these and other diseases. These
factors have a direct effect on animal health and our ability to
maintain it.

We need to evaluate the risks of emergence at different levels
including the optimization of diagnostic tools organization of
control and prevention programs. Maintaining animal health in
tropical Asian regions has a profound impact on tropical veterinary
medicine and during a time of increased international trade and
human mobility has implications for animal health worldwide. This
volume explores the impact of these emerging zoonotic diseases on
animal health in the tropics as well as all aspects of tropical
veterinary medicine.

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