Disease control



Here we collect useful guidelines and factsheets for everyone involved with stray animals, regardless if you're a rescuer, a veterinarian, a re-homer or an adopter.

PDF guidelines:

American Humane: Sanitation and Disease Control in the Shelter Environment

American Humane: Companion Animal Zoonotic Diseases

Slide guidelines:

Sanitation in animal shelters - Emmanuel Fontaine
Published on Feb 25, 2014
www.slideshare.net/EmmanuelFontaine2/sanitation-in-animal-shelters

Infectious Disease Control - Paula Boyden
Published on Apr 12, 2013
www.slideshare.net/dogstrust/ndwc-chennai-2013-infectious-disease-control-paula-boyden

Zoonotic diseases in Europe:

ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control). Trends and Sources of Zoonoses, Zoonotic Agents and Food-borne Outbreaksin 2012 - 2014 (PDF)

ESCCAP (European Scientific Counsel Companion Animal Parasites): GL1-Worm control in Dogs and Cats - 2010 (PDF)
This guideline is published in other languages here.

ESCCAP (European Scientific Counsel Companion Animal Parasites): GL2-Superficial Mycoses in Dogs and Cats - 2011 (PDF)
This guideline is published in other languages here.

ESCCAP (European Scientific Counsel Companion Animal Parasites): GL3-Control of Ectoparasites in Dogs and Cats - 2012 (PDF)
This guideline is published in other languages here.

ESCCAP (European Scientific Counsel Companion Animal Parasites): GL5-Control of Vector-Borne Diseases in Dogs and Cats - 2012 (PDF)
This guideline is published in other languages here.

ESCCAP (European Scientific Counsel Companion Animal Parasites): GL6-Control of Intestinal Protozoa in Dogs and Cats - 2011 (PDF)
This guideline is published in other languages here.

Eurosurveillance: Leishmaniasis in Europe - 2013 (PDF)

Eurosurveillance/PD James: Leishmaniasis emergence in Europe - 2010 (PDF)