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1. Foot
   Foot problems are the leading cause of hospitalizations for patients with diabetes. Foot problems develop from problems in the blood vessels and in the peripheral nervous system (the nerves that reach the limbs). About half of patients with diabetes have nerve damage (neuropathy), which can cause numbness, pain, and weakness in the feet or other parts of the body. Diabetes can ... cause changes in the bone structure and soft tissue of the feet.
2. Foot -- Foot Health
   Foot-and-mouth disease is a highly contagious virus and can be spread by movement of infected animals, movement of contaminated vehicles, and by contaminated facilities used to hold animals. It ... can infect animals through contaminated hay or feedstuffs and if susceptible animals drink from a common water source. While FMD is not considered a threat to human health, people who come in contact with the virus can spread it to animals through clothing, footwear or other equipment/materials. The virus can harbor in the human nasal passages for as long as 28 hours. Wind also can spread the virus through the air.
3. Blue Tongue Disease -- Sheep
   Bluetongue (Blue Tongue or BT) is an infectious but noncontagious, disease caused by a virus whioch is transmitted by midges feeding on the blood of infected animals. The main animals affected are sheep, goats, cattle and deer. Humans and pigs are not affected by blue tongue
4. Blue Tongue Disease -- Bluetongue
   One possible reason for the changing pattern of Bluetongue disease in the Mediterranean region is climate change. The virus is transmitted by a small number of species of biting midges of the genus Culicoides. Vets are investigating the possibility that the disease has found a new host that can better tolerate cooler climates or that the disease itself has managed to over winter. Further changes in climate caused by global warming could lead to the disease spreading further northward.
5. Mad Cow Disease
   Mad Cow Disease is one of a series of prion diseases - fatal neurological diseases caused by an [abnormal confirmation] of the prion protein. Prion diseases have been known to occur for about 300 years, first occurring in sheep in a condition called scrapie, although the cause was unknown at the time. Prion diseases have now been described in a number of animals, including cows, cats, deer, elk, and others. In humans, it causes Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease (CJD), which occurs spontaneously in 1 in 1 million persons but can ... be passed on genetically.
6. Blue Tongue Disease
   The reason is entirely due to the uncertain situation of the prevalence of blue tongue disease. Today, the health situation on blue tongue in the different EHRC member countries is very diverse. A further dispersion of blue tongue is expected for this summer. Thus, restrictions on animal movement and transportation in Europe will make it impossible for some countries to participate in the show. Even if the availability of vaccine against blue tongue is expected in the near future the situation on the vaccination programs in the different countries and the consequences are not clear today.
7. Blue Tongue Disease -- Cattle
   This Decree sets out the necessary official measures to be taken in case of appearance or suspect of the blue tongue disease or contagion of ruminants. Actions are: observation of possibly infected animals by the authorities, marketing restrictions, interdiction of animal farms, slaughterhouses, animal markets, etc., and community interdiction, establishment of protection and inspection zones, prohibition of processing of cattle licences. Anybody who observes the disease must report it to the veterinary and he informs the authorities. This Decree determines the duties of the town clerk of the local government, of the veterinary officer and of the chief veterinary of the district, of the animal health and food control authority, of the Ministry’s officers, and of the National Animal Health Institute. There are rules regarding the proceedings with animals suspected to be infected, vaccination and treatment, neutralization of carcasses, declaration of termination of the disease, prevention, requisites of international animal health certification of imported animals. The Ministry must report to the European Communities and to the Member States the break out of the disease and the termination of the contagion in 24 hours.
8. Farm Animals -- Cows
   Farm animals are animals that are kept for agricultural purposes. This includes such domesticated animals as cows and chickens, and wild animals that are raised in confinement, including mink and fish. Animals are farmed for a variety of reasons. Most are raised to be killed. Meat from cattle, hogs, and chickens provides the bulk of protein in the American diet, while animals with beautiful fur are killed for their pelts. However, some farm animals are more useful and profitable alive.
9. Farm Animals -- United States
   Anthrax can be contracted from soil or farm animals, particularly goats and sheep, but until recently had not been detected east of the Mississippi River since the 1970s, experts said yesterday. Dr. Martin Hugh-Jones, a veterinarian and anthrax expert at Louisiana State University, said acidic soil conditions in the Deep South are generally a deterrent to the organism's long-term survival. That is one key reason, officials said, that law-enforcement officials have become involved in the investigation into how two men working at a newspaper in Boca Raton, Fla., were infected with the disease, which can be deadly if left untreated. Here is a breakdown on the disease:
10. Census -- Information
    "The fully indexed 1911 Census of Canada is searchable by family name for the first time anywhere on the web," Sullivan said. "The Census, only the fifth general census in Canada, includes information on each inhabitant of the country, including place of habitation, marital status, age, place of birth, religion, occupation, education, and more. It is truly a wealth of information to anyone researching Canadian ancestry."

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