Zoonosis is any disease or infection that is naturally transmissible from animals to human and vice-versa. Zoonoses are an important issue of many countries in the world, and more than 200 has been recognized by now. Pathogenic agents that cause zoonoses are parasites, bacteria, fungi, viruses and ...

The growing awareness of ecosystem disturbances and the threat to the living world as a whole has led to the introduction of organic animal husbandry as a new trend. which has its advantages but also disadvantages. One of the basic characteristics of organic production is the existence of an...

Data on poultry diseases collected at various veterinary institutions in Serbia between 1989 and 1998 are presented. Commonly recorded diseases with various degrees of severity were viral (Newcastle disease, infectious bronchitis, Marek's disease, avian infectious bursitis, infectious...

The family of wild canids belongs to the order Carnivora and comprises 16 genuses that are distributed in most countries all over the world. The most important endoparasitic diseases of wild canids are toxocariasis, uncinariasis, capillariasis, trichinellosis, echinococcosis, cestodiasis,...

The paper presents the most important parasitic infections of wild rabbits and hares, which harmful effect in this animal population is manifested as a gradual weakening of the immune system, reduction in fertility, weight loss and constant exhaustion. Order of Lagomorpha (hares or lagomorphs)...

Gastrointestinal disease caused by the apicomplexan parasite Cryptosporidium parvum is one of the most important diseases of young ruminant livestock, particularly neonatal calves. Infected animals may suffer from profuse watery diarrhoea, dehydration and in severe cases death can occur. At...

Today, pets are the source of numerous infectious diseases that can be transmitted to humans, as a result of their increasingly frequent contact. The most important viruses with zoonotic potential include rabies and influenza viruses as well as rotaviruses and noroviruses. However, the importance...

Globalisation and climate changes have great influence in the world, on occurense and development of infectious diseases in humans and animals and esspecially zoonozes. Besides that, changes in demography and habits of people, advanced tecnologies, international transort and trade, and also changes ...

Bird giardiasis is a little known disease in our country. The most common and well-known species is the zoonotic Giardia duodenalis, which is a mammalian parasite, although suspicious cases have also been found in birds in Asia. G. ardeae and G psittaci stand out as characteristic species for...