The above procedures also apply to the employees of private contractors. Private contractors should provide their employees with the appropriate training and protective clothing to work in areas where animals are housed or utilized for research. In the event of exposure, the contractor's employee will be referred to the UF Student Health Care Center or Shands Hospital Emergency Room for assistance as outlined above. The employee or his employer will provide the cost of emergency care, medicines, viral cultures and serology. Salmonellosis is one of the more common diseases we get from animals.
Tuberculosis is still a common disease.
Rabies is a risk whenever working with unvaccinated carnivores or certain bats. Leptospirosis is a very common water borne disease among animals. Latest CDC report regarding Lepto. Hantavirus has just recently been involved with wild rodents and human deaths. Naturally there are more zoonotic diseases than those listed above.