This chapter includes questions and answers on control and prevention of dog and cat fleas (insecticides, insect growth regulators, washing of beddings and vacuuming, fumigation, flea collars), which products should be used, use of isoxazolines to treat cats or dogs for fleas, safety in cats of...

This chapter highlights the clinical aspects, descriptions, distribution and transmission, clinical signs and diagnosis, pathology (gross and histological lesions) and pathobiology (which includes changes to fish immune responses and virulence of the pathogen), dynamics of the host-pathogen...

Safety and security issues and their management in garden centres are discussed. The discussion covers risk assessment, crime reduction, safety for staff in dealing with shoplifting, reducing staff theft, and combating fraud.

This final chapter of the book reviews the history of obesity and method of determining overweight and obesity. It also discusses the prevalence, sociocultural correlates, physiological consequences, psychological characteristics, aetiology, biological influences, and behavioural influences of...

This chapter reviews the nomenclature of drywood termites, discusses methods for detection and inspections, and describes current control measures (i.e., wood replacement, wood injection, temperature control, fumigation, electrical and microwave treatment, biological control agents). Preventive...

This chapter discusses the role of climate change in increasing workplace heat exposures and the association of human physiology and performance with ambient heat exposure. The clinical effects of heat exposure as well as its economic and well-being impacts are described. Preventive actions are...

This chapter describes the 5 components of heat exposure and effect studies in workplace settings: a descriptive pilot study; heat monitoring studies; exploratory interview surveys; quantitative studies of heat exposure-response relationships; and occupational health and economic impact assessment...

This book chapter reviews the involvement of primary care physicians in disaster medicine, especially in preventive measures that can be applied in disaster medicine. It reviews the role of the primary care physician in the establishment of patient disaster plans, health clinic disaster plans, and...

The efficiency of the following methods to prevent livestock poisoning by B. coridifolia was evaluated in Brazil: (1) burning plant material under an animalś nose and having the animal inhale the resulting smoke, (2) rubbing the plant on the animalś muzzle and mouth, and (3) gradually introducing...

Ochratoxin A has been frequently detected in grapes and its derived products since 1996, with contamination limits fixed by the European Commission for dried vine fruits, wine and grape juice to protect consumers. Ochratoxin A is produced in vineyards, primarily by Aspergillus carbonarius....