The tsunami and veterinarians

[Truth74]

Does anyone know if vets are being sent along with the other people in the CDC contingent?
I know there have to be vets there to help with the prevention of spread of disease. All of the bodies and sewage floating around in the footage makes me wonder about it.

Infectious Diseases
From Animals or Mosquitoes:
Leptospirosis
Plague
Rabies
Malaria
Japanese Encephalitis
Dengue
I got this from the CDC website.
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/tsunamis/

Truth74

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[VeganSoprano]

Good question. I wonder how many of these potentially zoonotic diseases would actually be zoonotic in this context.

From what I've read, they are actually finding very few dead animals amid all the death and destruction.

I think the services of veterinarians would potentially be valuable, but probably sending "human" doctors to the region is a better use of available resources.

 

[VeganSoprano]

VETERINARIAN URGENTLY NEEDED TO ASSIST WITH TSUNAMI DISASTER EFFORTS



AVAR is looking for a veterinarian to work with animal rescue
organizations in Southern Asia where the tsunami recently hit and killed
more than 116,000 people. Countless nonhuman beings have also been
killed and are injured and in need of veterinary assistance.



AVAR will pay for travel expenses and some supplies to assist injured
animals and those who need euthanasia. We will coordinate travel with an
animal disaster rescue group who is traveling to the area (probably to
India or Sri Lanka) starting sometime next week.



A volunteer veterinarian will need the following:



*A current passport (current for at least six months)

*Vaccinations for the area. (We can provide more specifics on this, but
these will likely include Typhoid, Hep A and Hep B, and Japanese
encephalitis. Volunteers will also need to travel with a prescription
antimalarial drug that has to be taken the entire time. And boosters for
tetanus/diphtheria, measles and rabies are recommended.)

*Willingness to work in disaster conditions for one to two weeks,
starting sometime as early as the first week of January.



Please reply to this email or contact the AVAR office by phone at (530)
759-8106 by Monday, January 3, if you think you are interested in
volunteering for this assignment. Also, if you would like to make a
donation for supplies, please contact [email protected]
<http://us.f135.mail.yahoo.com/ym/[email protected]> . We will
provide more information on efforts to help the animals in Southern Asia
as it is available.



Thank you for your concern for all living beings!