Transboundary Diseases

Question 1

Highly contagious or transmissible diseases with the potential for rapid spread over national borders, causing serious socioeconomic and public health consequences:

Answer 1

Transboundary animal diseases

Question 2

An important livestock or poultry disease believed to be absent from the US and its territories, that has potential significant health or economic impact:

Answer 2

Foreign animal disease

Question 3

Who governs animal health at the federal level?

Answer 3

USDA

Question 4

Who governs animal health at the international level?

Answer 4

OIE

Question 5

What are 3 methods we use to prevent disease introduction into the country?

Answer 5

Import restrictions
Quarantines
Border protection

Question 6

T/F: Surveillance of transboundary diseases is almost always active.

Answer 6

FALSE

almost always passive!

Question 7

Official disease status is defined by who?

Answer 7

OIE

Terrestrial and Aquatic animal health codes

Question 8

Which diseases have been officially defined by the OIE?

Answer 8

African Horse Sickness
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Classical Swine Fever
Contagious Bovine pleuropneumonia
FMD
Pest des Petits Ruminants
Rinderpest