Outdoor Health and Safety

Outdoor (Animals, Animal Control, Animal Shelters, Animals in Disaster, Animals in Public Places, Animal-Friendly Program, Animal Ownership, Animal Bites)

Hunters, campers, and hikers should be aware that they could be exposed to diseases passed by ticks, fleas, and mosquitoes. Rats or mice in cabins can also spread disease. The best way to avoid getting these diseases is to follow tips on protection.

• Anthrax
• Arboviral (Mosquito-borne) Diseases
• Brucellosis
• Brucellosis and Animals (Hunting and working with animals)
• Chagas Disease
• Encephalitis
• Envenomization (Snake and Spider Bites)
• Facts About Plague
• Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome
• Lyme Disease
• Murine Typhus/Fleaborne Typhus
• Outdoor Health and Safety Tips
• Plague
• Q-Fever
• Rabies
• Rabies and Wildlife Poster
• Raccoon Roundworm Prevention
• Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
• Tularemia
• West Nile Virus Fact Sheet for Campers
• West Nile Virus
• Wild Side of Rabies
• Zoonoses