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animal disease

vr.tr.animal-disease · thing-q9190427

Let an agent handle animal diseases by species, cause, notifiability, zoonotic risk and routes to veterinary care.

Thing Registry Cross-cutting context XCT.STA
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Disease Which disease.

Species

Host.

Species

Host species.

  1. Which species is affected? definition
  2. Is it domestic, farmed or wild? definition

Cause

Agent.

Cause

Cause.

  1. What causes the disease? definition
  2. How does it spread? definition
Reporting Notifiable.

Notifiable

Legal duty.

Notifiable

Notifiable status.

  1. Is this a notifiable disease here? provenance
  2. Who must be told and how quickly? action

Vet

Professional care.

Vet

Veterinary care.

  1. Should a vet be contacted now? boundary
  2. What information will they need? action
People Zoonoses.

Zoonosis

Human risk.

Zoonosis

Human risk.

  1. Can this disease pass to people? boundary
  2. What precautions apply? action

Health advice

Doctors.

Health

Human health advice.

  1. Should an exposed person see a doctor? boundary
  2. What should they mention? action
Prevention Biosecurity.

Biosecurity

Measures.

Biosecurity

Biosecurity.

  1. Which biosecurity measures prevent spread? action
  2. Are movement restrictions in force? provenance

Vaccination

Programmes.

Vaccination

Vaccination.

  1. Is a vaccine available and recommended? provenance
  2. Who administers it? boundary

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Cross-cutting context
Entry kind
thing
Plane
XCT
Domain
XCT.STA
Other names and narrower kinds
animal mammary neoplasm, zebra finch neoplasm, rabbit neoplasm, turtle neoplasm, rhesus monkey mammary tumor, mouse mammary gland cancer, Suncus murinus mammary tumor, rat mammary gland carcinosarcoma, rat mammary gland adenocarcinoma, hamster mammary carcinoma, mouse skin spindle-cell squamous cell carcinoma, ruffled feather

What it is Filled

Any disease affecting non-human animals, whether domestic, farmed or wild, including infectious diseases, parasites, cancers and genetic disorders; some are zoonoses that can pass to people and some are notifiable.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle animal diseases by species, cause, notifiability, zoonotic risk and routes to veterinary care.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Affects animals
  • Some are notifiable by law
  • Some spread to people
  • Diagnosis by veterinarians

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Diagnose or treat animal diseases instead of a veterinarian.
  • Move animals from a holding under disease restrictions.
  • Hide signs of a notifiable disease from the authorities.
  • Give antibiotics or other medicines that a veterinarian has not prescribed.

Only with a human decision

  • Culling, isolating or treating sick animals.
  • Notifying authorities of suspected outbreaks.

May

  • Report signs of disease in animals to their keeper or a veterinarian.
  • Report notifiable animal diseases through official channels on the keeper's instruction.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Animal diseases cause suffering and can spread to people.
  • Outbreaks ruin farmers' livelihoods and drive mass culls.

Who is affected

  • The animals
  • Keepers and farmers
  • People at risk of zoonoses

Owners Filled

Steward

The animal's keeper; veterinary authorities manage notifiable diseases.

Master systems

  • Notifiable animal disease reporting systems

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q12136 - registry parent class

related

  • disease - category
  • animal - host
  • veterinarian - professional
  • zoonosis - risk to people

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.animal-disease
  • Wikidata: Q9190427 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9190427)
  • WOAH listed disease: official list notifiable diseases

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Species and signs
  • Notifiable disease lists
  • Research animal tumour models are a specialised topic
  • Signs vary by species and disease: lethargy, lesions, reduced feeding, sudden deaths.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • contact a vet for sick animals
  • report notifiable diseases
  • protect people from zoonoses
  • apply biosecurity

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Failure to report notifiable disease
  • Zoonotic transmission
  • Treating animals without veterinary advice

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • WOAH Terrestrial and Aquatic Animal Health Codes
  • EU Animal Health Law
  • National notifiable disease rules

Context of use required Filled

  • A field of veterinary medicine and animal health policy.
  • infectious animal diseases
  • parasitic diseases
  • animal cancers
  • genetic disorders
  • wildlife diseases

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q9190427: animal disease - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Animal disease - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should diseases by species be separate entries?
  • How should notifiable lists be localised?
  • How should zoonoses be linked?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q9190427/spec.json