Volume 12, Number 4—April 2006
Perspective
Confronting Zoonoses, Linking Human and Veterinary Medicine
Laura H. Kahn*
Table 2
Veterinarians' choices of government agencies they would first notify regarding a livestock animal with an unusual infectious disease*
| Choice | No. (%) |
|---|---|
| State agriculture agency | 422 (40) |
| US Department of Agriculture | 141 (13) |
| Do not take care of livestock | 135 (13) |
| State public health agency | 122 (11) |
| Other† | 118 (11) |
| Local public health agency | 57 (5) |
| Not sure | 42 (4) |
| Did not answer question | 17 (2) |
| Other federal agency (CDC, FDA, FBI) | 16 (1) |
| Total | 1,070 (100) |
*CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; FDA, Food and Drug Administration, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation.
†A total of 77 (65%) of 118 said, "state veterinarian," 25 (21%) of 118 gave a combination of government agencies, and 16 (14%) of 118 said that they do not see livestock.
