[Notifiable animal diseases diagnosed at the Institute of Veterinary Pathology of the University of Zurich between 1988 and 2004].

The research article describes a retrospective examination of animal disease reports at the Institute of Veterinary Pathology of the University of Zurich over a 16-year period. The study provided insights on the number and type of notifiable diseases in animals examined.

Methodology

• The study conducted an evaluation of 36,365 necropsy cases and 9192 submitted organs from the years 1988 to 2004. The evaluation was carried out to understand the frequency and types of notifiable diseases found in animals.
• The team used both gross and microscopic examination methods for their post mortem analysis.
• While conducting these examinations, the researchers considered factors such as cost-effectiveness and specific customer requests.

Findings

• Out of all the examined cases, notifiable diseases were found in 2918 cases, representing 6.4% of all investigated instances.
• When broken down into animal categories, 2426 of these cases were farm animals, constituting about 9.1% of all examined farm animals.
• An additional 492 instances were of other animal species, presenting 2.6% of other species examined during this period.
• These findings successfully demonstrate the significance of conducting pathological-anatomical examinations on animals.

Conclusion

• The study emphasizes the importance of pathological-anatomical assessments in identifying notifiable diseases in animals. By conducting such evaluations, diagnostic procedures can potentially be improved and disease outbreaks controlled efficiently.
• The results of this research act as supplementary data for other animal disease databases, contributing to the larger discourse on animal disease.