zoonosis

Converse of object

• include: Risks include zoonoses, changes in air quality from the burning of carcasses, and contamination of water supplies and the food chain.
• control: Now we all know that controlling zoonoses is not an easy task.
• cause: Cystic hydatid disease is a Zoonosis caused by ingestion of E.G. eggs by contact with dog feces.
• designate: By this stage BSE had been designated a zoonosis.

Adjective modifier

• food-borne: This exchange of information will assist the Agency in developing co-ordinated strategies for the control of food-borne zoonoses.
• common: Useful guidance on the common zoonoses is given in an information leaflet published by the Health and Safety Executive entitled Common zoonoses in agriculture.
• potential: The mites can be transmitted to humans and cause an itchy rash, so they are a potential zoonosis.
• other: Hygiene precautions aimed at preventing other zoonoses were sufficient for the time being.
• serious: Note for Pet Owners: Rabies is a serious Zoonosis which can be transmitted to humans from animals.
• new: Changes in the habits of humans lead to the opening up of new pathways of infection and predispose to the emergence of new zoonoses.

Modifies a noun

• issue: The culling of hundreds of Rhesus Macaques in a number of safari parks across Britain in 1999 highlighted the zoonoses issue.
• preparedness: WELCOMES the intention of the Commission to propose a European Action Plan for zoonoses preparedness and control.
• directive: As an example I would mention the review of the 1992 Zoonosis Directive - a familiar subject for most of you.

Preposition: in

• agriculture: Useful guidance on the common zoonoses is given in an information leaflet published by the Health and Safety Executive entitled Common zoonoses in agriculture.