Open Directory - Regional: Europe: United Kingdom: Health: Animal
See also: - The executive agency primarily responsible for ensuring that farmed animals in Great Britain are healthy, disease-free and well looked after, and that risk to public health from animal disease is minimised. - Veterinary charity dedicated to improving the health and welfare of horses, dogs and cats. Includes information on the referral clinics, diagnostic services, research into animal diseases and the advancement of veterinary teaching and practice. - Searchable listing of potential feline blood donors, a free service to veterinary professionals seeking sources of blood. - Provides information and advice to cat owners and veterinary professionals. Information on services offered, downloadable publications and forthcoming events and talks in the UK. - Provides the history of a series of outbreaks in the United Kingdom in 2000, the steps taken by MAFF to contain the disease and the criticism of the disease control strategy. - Provides information on a range of livestock diseases which can be caught by humans, the legal requirements in the UK, the precautions to be taken and safe working practices. [PDF] - Searchable listing of potential canine blood donors, a free service to veterinary professionals seeking sources of blood. - Provides a purpose-built ambulance services for horses, regularly covering many point-to-points and other horse events especially in the South of England. - Report from the Royal Society Inquiry commissioned by the UK Government into livestock diseases issued in July 2002 and a follow-up review in December 2004. - The National Animal Disease Information Service is a network of 60 veterinary practices and 6 veterinary colleges monitoring the health of cattle, sheep and pigs in the UK. - BBC Health provides information on this disease, its cause, symptoms, prevention and treatment.
