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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Fields of Study > epidemiology > disease outbreaks > transboundary animal diseases
Preferred Term:

transboundary animal diseases

Definition:
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.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
disease outbreaks
Entry Terms:
  • foreign animal diseases
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/334870
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