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animal diseases  

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  • diseases of animals are of widespread importance, not least because many are zoonoses that are capable of ‘jumping’ the species barrier to human populations. Animal diseases have helped shape human history and cultural attitudes towards the environment. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environmental Change; animal diseases]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/animal_diseases

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