NALT

Preferred term

transboundary animal diseases

Topic

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.

disease outbreaks

foreign animal diseases

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

9813986964300041

Value previous used for Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

94768

Spanish

enfermedades animales transfronterizas

URI

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

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Created 10/16/19, last modified 12/16/19