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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. epidemiology
  3. disease outbreaks
  4. transboundary animal diseases

Preferred term

transboundary animal diseases

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information Highly contagious epidemic diseases that can spread extremely rapidly, irrespective of national borders. They cause high rates of death and disease in animals, thereby having serious socio-economic and sometimes public health consequences while constituting a constant threat to the livelihoods of livestock farmers.

    Source: NIFA, USDA

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Synonyms

  • foreign animal diseases

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/334870

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