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Published: 2025-12-18
2025

Animal Health during Aquatic Environmental Disasters in the Media from a Sanitary and Veterinary Perspective: Thessaly 2023 and the Oder River 2022

Andrzej Jarynowski Logo ORCID , Stanisław Maksymowicz Logo ORCID , Elefteris Meletis Logo ORCID , Polychronis Kostoulas Logo ORCID
Section: ARTICLES
https://doi.org/10.31261/ZOOPHILOLOGICA.2025.S.10

Abstract

Water disasters pose significant risks to wildlife, livestock, and companion animals. While training programs are available for zootechnicians and veterinarians in the Global South and the Anti­podes, Europe currently lacks such initiatives and is facing events unknown to previous generations due to climate change and anthropogenic factors. This study analyzed traditional and social media platforms in Greece (September 2023), Poland, and Germany (August 2022 and early 2024), focusing on mentions of flooding, water quality, and dead fish. Tools such as Brand24, Google Trends, and observations by epizootiologists were employed for the analysis. The results highlighted the importance of social media in identifying the biological causes of the Oder disaster while also emphasizing the spread of misinformation. In Greece, the economic impact of the floods was the dominant topic, with little attention paid to ecological concerns. Mitigating ecological disasters requires effective media monitoring and crisis communication, early warnings, and collaboration with civic groups (e.g., anglers).

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crisis management , veterinary public health , infoveillance , infodemiology , perception of animals , One Health

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Jarynowski, A., Maksymowicz, S., Meletis, E., & Kostoulas, P. (2025). Animal Health during Aquatic Environmental Disasters in the Media from a Sanitary and Veterinary Perspective: Thessaly 2023 and the Oder River 2022. Zoophilologica. Polish Journal of Animal Studies, 1–32. https://doi.org/10.31261/ZOOPHILOLOGICA.2025.S.10

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Published: 2025-04-03

ISSN: 2719-2687
eISSN: 2451-3849
Ikona DOI 10.31261/ZOOPHILOLOGICA
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