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Zoonotic Disease Program

About Our Program

We provide technical assistance and training to local health jurisdictions, veterinarians, and the public on transmission, prevention, control, and epidemiology of diseases transmitted to humans from animals.

Our surveillance activities for zoonotic and vector-borne diseases to determine prevalence and geographic distribution. Suspected and known illness cases are investigated to improve prevention and control techniques. Our program also develops health education materials and conducts workshops for local health jurisdictions, health care providers, and animal control personnel.

Zoonotic and Vector-borne Disease Topics

Animal Disposal Following a Flood (PDF 38KB)

Animals in Public Settings - NASPHV Compendium

Biting and Stinging Bugs

Canine Leptospirosis Reporting Form for Veterinarian (PDF 47KB)

Canine Leptospirosis Veterinary Clinic Employee Poster (PDF 61KB)

Canine Leptospirosis FAQ for Pet Owners (PDF 57KB)

E. coli Fact Sheet

Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) - Notifiable Conditions

Hantavirus Fact Sheet

Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome - Notifiable Conditions

Lyme Disease - Notifiable Conditions

Petting Zoo - NASPHV Compendium: Animals in Public Settings

Plague - Notifiable Conditions

Plague - Wildlife Plague Surveillance in Washington State, Summary Report, 1975-2008 (PDF 314KB)

Plague Surveillance Summary Report, 2008-2009 (PDF 108KB)

Pneumonic Plague

Psittacosis -NASPHV Compendium: C.  Psittaci  Control

Psittacosis - Notifiable Conditions

Rabies Fact Sheet

Rabies - NASPHV Compendium: Animal Rabies Prevention

Rabies - Notifiable Conditions

Salmonellosis Fact Sheet

Salmonellosis associated with chicks and ducklings

Salmonellosis - Reptile Rules

Salmonellosis - Notifiable Conditions

Ticks & Tick-borne Diseases in Washington

Tick-borne Relapsing Fever

Tularemia - Notifiable Conditions

West Nile Virus

Featured Educational Materials

• West Nile virus brochures, flyers, and posters

• Bats and Rabies Prevention brochure

• Rodent Control: Taking Steps to Prevent Hantavirus brochure

• Rats: Let's Get Rid of Them brochure

• Disease Can Be Spread by Birds: Psittacosis poster

• Salmonella: After You Touch a Duck or Chick Wash Your Hands So You Don't Get Sick handout, poster, chick sticker, and duck sticker

• Salmonella: Reptile Rules poster, rack card, and employee poster

Workshops

Zoonotic & Vector-borne Disease Workshops will be held in Moses Lake on March 16 and Tumwater on March 19th.

Rule Revision Drafts

View workgroup recommended rule text.

Salmonella From Frogs

CDC's latest on the outbreak of Salmonella  associated with pet water frogs.

H1N1 Influenza

For helpful information on H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) including how best to prepare yourself and your family for it this flu season.  

Answers to questions about the 2009 H1N1 Flu Virus and Pets by American of Veterinary Medical Association.

To understand about influenza viruses found in swine and other animals, see CDC's Background Information on Influenza in Pigs.

Rodent Problems

Take precautions before the cold weather hits...learn how to keep rodents out of your warm house and garage.

See resources:

CDC Rodent Control: Seal Up! Trap Up! Clean Up!

CDC All About Hantaviruses

CDC Cleaning Up After Rodents

Hantavirus Prevention: Cleanup of Rodent Contamination, technical information and guidance by U.S. Army of Center Health  Promotion and Prevention Medicine (USACHPPM)

Web Resources

CDC, Avian Flu

CDC, Emerging Infectious Diseases

CDC, Hantavirus

CDC, National Center for Infectious Disease, Healthy Pets Healthy People

CDC, Lyme Disease

CDC, Parasitic Pathways (Animals)

CDC, Parasitic Pathways (Insects & Worms)

CDC, Plague

CDC, Rabies

CDC, Rabies and Kids

CDC, Salmonellosis

CDC, MMWR Weekly, Reptile-Associated Salmonellosis - Selected States, 1996-1998 

CDC, West Nile Virus

US Department of Agriculture, Animal Health

Washington State Department of Agriculture, Animal Health