Posts Tagged ‘animals’
Date: Monday, October 12th, 2009
Source: Texas AgriLife Extension Service
A guidebook containing information to help you and your family recover from a disaster.
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After a Disaster: Information To Help You And Your Family Recover ( En Español )
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Disaster Recovery Topics Covered:
- Keeping Safe
- Repairing Tree Damage
- Basic First Aid
- Operating a Portable Generator Safely
- Clearing Debris
- Chain Saw Safety
- Supply List for Returning Home
- Evaluating and Handling Food and Drinks
- Removing Odors from Refrigerators and Freezers
- Hand Washing
- Disinfecting and Finding Water
- Living Without Power
- Assessing Structural Damage
- Helping Family Members Cope
- Caring for Pets
- Caring for Livestock
- Controlling Mold
- Controlling Insects
- Working with the FEMA
- Homeowner’s Property Insurance
- Recovering Home Wastewater Treatment Systems
- Preventing Fraud
- Obtaining Assistance
- Reclaiming Flooded Soils
- Disinfecting Water Wells and Stored Water
- Salvaging Important Papers, Books, and Photos
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Date: Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
Source: FEMA
Family pets should never be left behind in an evacuation. As families in evacuation areas prepare for hurricane season, they also need to plan for the family pet, according to state and federal emergency management officials.
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Keywords: 2009, animals, evacuating, evacuation, family, hurricane, pets, Preparedness, small
Date: Friday, May 22nd, 2009
Source: Kansas State University Research and Extension News Media Services
VIDEO: Veterinarian offers tips on evacuating with your pet in a disaster. In this short video (4:07), K-State veterinarian and professor Dr. Susan Nelson offers advice on evacuating with a pet. Whether the emergency is weather-related, a house fire or other disaster, Nelson tells pet owners the main things they’ll need to get their dog, cat or other pet to safety.
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Keywords: animals, cat, clip, disaster, disaster preparedness, dog, emergency, evacuate, evacuating, family, pet owners, pets, safety, veterinarian, video
Date: Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
Source: Texas AgriLife Extension Service
Biosecurity is a series of management practices with two goals—preventing diseases from entering the operation, and, if one does enter, preventing its spread. Regardless of the size of the operation, the basics are the same: Control movement of animals, people and equipment coming onto the farm, and clean and disinfect as much as possible.
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Keywords: animals, biosecurity, companies, control, diseases, farm, hogs, people, pigs, pork, prevention, producers, ranc, swine
Date: Friday, April 24th, 2009
Source: Texas Department of State Health Services
The Texas Department of State Health Services today announced that H1N1 (swine flu) has been confirmed in two 16-year-old boys from Guadalupe County near San Antonio.
One became ill on April 10, the other on April 14. Their illnesses were relatively mild. Neither was hospitalized. Both have recovered. Though the boys are friends, it has not been determined how either became infected.
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More about H1N1 (Swine Flu) from the CDC
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Date: Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
Source: Texas AgriLife Extension Service
During catastrophic events, animals frequently are separated from their owners. These animals have been stressed and may become ill. A list of normal temperatures, heart rates, and respiratory rates is provided in the following table. This minimal health information will allow volunteers and surrogate care givers to perform a minimal physical examination when a veterinarian isn’t available.
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Keywords: agriculture, animals, cats, cows, disasters, dogs, goats, heart, horses, levels, livestock, Mitigation, physilogical, pigs, rabbits, rate, respiratory, sheep, stress, temperature, texas agrilife extension service, values
