Table 2.

Second category of biological hazards at the workplace-contact with contaminated animal products

Occupations	Contact with contaminated animal products	Diseases
Animal Breeder, animal caretaker, animal scientist, butcher, farmer and rancher, farmworker, hunter and trapper, laboratory animal worker, meat packer, slaughterer, veterinarian	Handling of infected animal carcasses or placental tissues	Anthrax, brucellosis, Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever, glanders, Hendra and Nipah virus infection, leptospirosis, Newcastle disease, plague, psittacosis, Q fever, Rift valley fever, S. suis infection, tularemia
Grader and sorter, freight handler, packer	Handling of raw goat hair, wool, or hides from endemic areas	Anthrax

Note. From the webpage of Haz-map: http://www.haz-map.com/infect.htm. Reproduced with permission.