Zoonoses and Food Safety 3 (2-1)
Zoonoses and Food Safety 3 (2-1)
Zoonoses and Food Safety 3 (2-1)
3(2-1)
INTRODUCTION TO ZOONOSES
ZOONOSES
DEFINITION:
• Diseases and infections that are naturally
transmitted between animals and humans.
• The word zoonoses singular(zoonosis)
originated from a Greek word zoon mean
animals and nosos means disease.
WHO DEFINITION
• A zoonoses is defined (WHO,1979) as a
disease or infection naturally tranmissible
between vertebrate animals and man.
Animal ZOONOSIS
Health
Environment Host