Animal Encounters and Disease
TRANSMISSION OF ZOONOSES
- Bats – Lyssa virus (rabies), histoplasma capsulatum (pneumonia)
- Birds – chlamydophila psittaci (pneumonia), Cryptococcus neoformans (pneumonia), histoplasma capsulatum (pneumonia), avian flu
- Cat – bartonella henselae (scratch), Lyssa virus (rabies), Coxiella burnetii (Q fever), toxoplasma gondii
- Cattle – Q fever
- Dogs – Lyssa virus (rabies), echinococcosis (hydatid disease), Q fever
- Farm animals – Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)
- Flying fox bite – lyssavirus, rabies virus, rhabdovirus
- Goats – Q fever
- Horses – echinococcosis (hydatid disease)
- Mosquito bite – Malaria, Dengue (flavivirus), arbovirus
- Pigs – H1N1, erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
- Rabbit – francisella tularensis (pneumonia)
- Rodents – hantavirus, Lyssa virus (rabies), echinococcosis (hydatid disease), leptospirosis (rat urine), Q fever
- Sheep – echinococcosis (hydatid disease), Q fever
- Ticks – arbovirus, rickettsiae, Q fever
ENVENOMING
- Blue-ringed octopus
- Cone shell
- Jelly fish (Box, Irukandji)
- Fish (e.g. Stonefish, Lionfish)
- Platypus
- Snakes
- Scorpions (mild in Australia)
- Spiders (funnel-web, redback)
Critical Care
Compendium
Chris is an Intensivist and ECMO specialist at The Alfred ICU, where he is Deputy Director (Education). He is a Clinical Adjunct Associate Professor at Monash University, the Lead for the Clinician Educator Incubator programme, and a CICM First Part Examiner.
He is an internationally recognised Clinician Educator with a passion for helping clinicians learn and for improving the clinical performance of individuals and collectives. He was one of the founders of the FOAM movement (Free Open-Access Medical education) has been recognised for his contributions to education with awards from ANZICS, ANZAHPE, and ACEM.
His one great achievement is being the father of three amazing children.
On Bluesky, he is @precordialthump.bsky.social and on the site that Elon has screwed up, he is @precordialthump.
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