Interim Guidance for Dog or Cat Quarantine After Exposure to a Human with Confirmed Ebola Virus Disease [2014]

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  American Veterinary Medical Association. Ebola Companion Animal Response Plan Working Group ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Purpose: This interim guidance document was developed by the AVMA Ebola Companion Animal Response Plan Working Group for local and state animal health and public health officials to facilitate preparation of state response plans. The intent of this interim guidance is to provide guidance for companion animals, specifically dogs and cats with exposure to a person with Ebola, based on the latest scientific evidence and recommendations from national organizations. This interim guidance describes the process for conducting a risk assessment for exposure of dogs or cats that had contact with a human with laboratory-confirmed evidence of Ebola, and it describes how to implement quarantine of dogs or cats if deemed appropriate by state and federal human and animal health officials.
• Subjects:
  Communicable Diseases / Transmission Disease Reservoirs Disease Vectors Ebolavirus Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola Pets Zoonoses
• Keywords:
  Ebola Ebola Virus Ebola Virus Disease Orthoebolavirus
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• Topic:
  Diseases & Conditions ; Global Health
• Pages in Document:
  9 pdf pages
• Collection(s):
  Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b7607512ddf828dcbd274c1a8a081d052b2448c7996f598b31b8e66cd63e8f7d0ff0572832e939715d2ecaf2842441d5332aaa9628ceb2dffadb4b42afaa6894
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/25962/cdc_25962_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 299.48 KB ]