Biosecurity risk- Emergency disease

[HeshiL]

Hi all,
I am an international student from Sri Lanka currently studying animal Sciences in Melb. As part of one of my assingments I need to make a biosecurity zoo manual for a zoo of my choice in Victoria. I picked Halls Gap zoo. I was wondering if anyone could list me some emergency diseases that could be a likely outbreak in a zoo. Thank you.
Heshani

 

[Hix]

Foot and Mouth Disease - affects hoofstock.

Rabies.

Newcastle Disease - affects birds.

Cryptosporidiosis. Nasty little thing, usually diagnosed on postmortem.

Tuberculosis.

Note that the first three are unlikely events in Australian Zoos.



Hix