Problem
Inadequate animal quarantine
Nature:
Inadequate measures taken for isolation of infected animals entering a country or an area may cause disease to spread from one country to another or from an infected area to uninfected parts of the same country. Inadequate isolation measures may arise from a faulty knowledge of the incubation period for a disease, or insufficient knowledge concerning new and more virulent strains of a well-known disease, such as rabies. Inadequate quarantine measures may occur where there is no quarantine policy for certain diseases.
Incidence:
In the UK, in order to avoid outbreaks of rabies, a six-month quarantine period was normal for imported dogs and cats, until a dog died of rabies 3 months after being released from quarantine. The period was then extended to 9 months and subsequently to 12; but finally reduced again to 6 months, with vaccination on entering quarantine and again one month afterwards.
Broader Problems:
Inadequate quarantineInadequate control of animal diseases Narrower Problems:
Inadequate carcass disposal of diseased animals Aggravates:
RabiesInfected animalsEnvironmental hazards of exotic species introductionDifficulty in identifying carriers of animal diseasesInternational movement of animals as factor in animal diseases Values:
Inadequacy Subject(s):
Societal Problems → EpidemicsSocietal Problems → Inadequacy
Zoology → Animals
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems Date of last update
23.10.2019 – 17:00 CEST