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Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Center

Foreign Animal Disease Online Course

In January 2002, Humanitarian Resource Institute announced the development of a Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Center, which provides access to online educational resources for both medical and veterinary professionals (1.16.2002: Agricultural Security: Veterinary and Scientific Experts Outline Priority Issues) . In an effort to enhance training for the recognition of Foreign Animal Disease's for field veterinarians, we have developed the following educational resource. 

Presented by

Stephen M. Apatow, Director of Research and Development 
Humanitarian Resource Institute Biodefense Reference Library
Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Center
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Introduction

The objective of this education initiative to enhance the capability of the veterinary professional to suspect and assist in the diagnosis of a foreign disease in livestock or companion animals.  This course is designed in a self-study format whereby the student utilizes the online OIE: Data by Disease to learn the definitions, etiology, host range, geographic distribution, transmission, incubation period, pathogenesis, clinical signs, gross legions, diagnosis, control and eradication and public health variables.  Note: The Foreign Animal Diseases Online Test will concentrate on these agents.  Additional study materials have been provided to further support this educational objective.

Your registration will be submitted in conjunction with the completion of the Foreign Animal Diseases Online Test.

I.  Study Materials

Multiple species diseases

· Anthrax
· Aujeszky's disease
· Echinococcosis/hydatidosis
· Heartwater
· Leptospirosis
· Q fever
· Rabies
· Paratuberculosis
· New world screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax)
· Old world screwworm (Chrysomya bezziana)
· Trichinellosis
· Foot and mouth disease
· Vesicular stomatitis
· Lumpy skin disease
· Bluetongue
· Rift Valley fever

Cattle diseases

· Bovine anaplasmosis
· Bovine babesiosis
· Bovine brucellosis
· Bovine genital campylobacteriosis
· Bovine tuberculosis
· Bovine cysticercosis
· Dermatophilosis
· Enzootic bovine leukosis
· Haemorrhagic septicaemia
· Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis/infectious    pustular vulvovaginitis
· Theileriosis
· Trichomonosis
· Trypanosomosis (tsetse-transmitted)
· Malignant catarrhal fever
· Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
· Rinderpest
· Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia

Sheep and goat diseases

· Ovine epididymitis (Brucella ovis)
· Caprine and ovine brucellosis (excluding B. ovis)
· Caprine arthritis/encephalitis
· Contagious agalactia
· Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia
· Enzootic abortion of ewes (ovine chlamydiosis)
· Ovine pulmonary adenomatosis
· Nairobi sheep disease
· Salmonellosis (S. abortusovis)
· Scrapie
· Maedi-visna
· Peste des petits ruminants
· Sheep pox and goat pox


Equine diseases

· Contagious equine metritis
· Dourine
· Epizootic lymphangitis
· Equine encephalomyelitis (Eastern and Western)
· Equine infectious anaemia
· Equine influenza
· Equine piroplasmosis
· Equine rhinopneumonitis
· Glanders
· Horse pox
· Equine viral arteritis
· Japanese encephalitis
· Horse mange
· Surra (Trypanosoma evansi)
· Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis
· African horse sickness

Swine diseases

· Atrophic rhinitis of swine
· Porcine cysticercosis
· Porcine brucellosis
· Transmissible gastroenteritis
· Enterovirus encephalomyelitis
· Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome
· Swine vesicular disease
· African swine fever
· Classical swine fever


Avian diseases

· Avian infectious bronchitis
· Avian infectious laryngotracheitis
· Avian tuberculosis
· Duck virus hepatitis
· Duck virus enteritis
· Fowl cholera
· Fowl pox
· Fowl typhoid
· Infectious bursal disease (Gumboro disease)
· Marek's disease
· Avian mycoplasmosis (M. gallisepticum)
· Avian chlamydiosis
· Pullorum disease
· Highly pathogenic avian influenza
· Newcastle disease

Lagomorph diseases

· Myxomatosis
· Tularemia
· Rabbit haemorrhagic disease


Bee diseases

· Acarapisosis of honey bees
· American foulbrood of honey bees
· European foulbrood of honey bees
· Varroosis of honey bees
· Tropilaelaps infestation of honey bees

Fish diseases

· Epizootic haematopoietic necrosis
· Infectious haematopoietic necrosis
· Oncorhynchus masou virus disease
· Spring viraemia of carp
· Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia
· Channel catfish virus disease
· Viral encephalopathy and retinopathy
· Infectious pancreatic necrosis
· Infectious salmon anaemia
· Epizootic ulcerative syndrome
· Bacterial kidney disease (Renibacterium   salmoninarum)
· Enteric septicaemia of catfish (Edwardsiella   ictaluri)
· Piscirickettsiosis (Piscirickettsia salmonis)
· Gyrodactylosis (Gyrodactylus salaris)
· Red sea bream iridoviral disease
· White sturgeon iridoviral disease

Mollusc diseases

· Infection with Bonamia ostreae
· Infection with Bonamia exitiosus
· Infection with Mikrocytos roughleyi
· Infection with Haplosporidium nelsoni
· Infection with Marteilia refringens
· Infection with Marteilia sydneyi
· Infection with Mikrocytos mackini
· Infection with Perkinsus marinus
· Infection with Perkinsus olseni/atlanticus
· Infection with Haplosporidium costale
· Infection with Candidatus Xenohaliotis californiensis


Crustacean diseases

· Taura syndrome
· White spot disease
· Yellowhead disease
· Tetrahedral baculovirosis (Baculovirus penaei)
· Spherical baculovirosis (Penaeus monodon-type baculovirus)
· Infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis
· Crayfish plague (Aphanomyces astaci)
· Spawner-isolated mortality virus disease

Other diseases

· Leishmaniosis



Additional Study Materials:
II.  Online Test The Online Test encompasses 200 questions (True/False).  Upon completion and online submission of the test, individuals with a passing grade of 90% (implemented 08.30.2004) or above will receive a certificate of completion by Humanitarian Resource Institute.

Fee: $25.00

Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Enrollees should check with their state's regulatory board to ensure acceptance of online continuing education credit for the purposes of state license requirements.

Additional Resources:

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