Disease Intelligence at Your Fingertips

Animal disease management often feels like working in the dark. When you observe unusual symptoms, you are left wondering: "What disease could this be?" "How long should quarantine last?" "Who do I need to notify?" "What are the risks to other animals or to people?"

Finding reliable answers typically means:

• Searching through scattered government websites
• Calling veterinarians for basic disease information
• Guessing at appropriate quarantine durations
• Wondering which authority to contact in an emergency

Kora's Knowledge Hub changes this completely.

What the Knowledge Hub Provides

The Knowledge Hub is a comprehensive disease intelligence system built directly into Kora, giving you instant access to:

Emergency Animal Disease Information: Over 100 significant diseases affecting livestock, wildlife, zoo animals, and aquatic species. Detailed profiles written by experienced veterinarians with more than 100 years of combined expertise.

Authority Emergency Contacts: Centralised emergency hotlines and regulatory contacts organised by jurisdiction. Know exactly who to call when disease strikes.

Outbreak Tracking: Current disease outbreak information to help you assess risks in your region.

Educational Resources: Explainers, documents, and glossary to help you understand disease concepts and terminology.

Automated Intelligence: When veterinarians diagnose diseases using the Knowledge Hub, Kora automatically applies epidemiological parameters. This guides quarantine, contact tracing, and biosecurity responses.

Why This Matters

The Knowledge Hub is not just a reference library. It is integrated disease intelligence that powers decision-making throughout Kora.

For Farmers and Livestock Owners: You do not need to be a veterinarian to access professional-grade disease information. When you observe concerning symptoms, you can research what you see. You understand the risks. You make informed decisions about when to call for professional help.

For Veterinarians: When you diagnose a disease from the Knowledge Hub, the system automatically retrieves incubation periods, transmission rates, and contagious periods. It then uses that data to calculate appropriate quarantine durations. It identifies exposed animals. It recommends monitoring protocols. The clinical knowledge you apply translates directly into automated disease management.

For Wildlife Managers and Conservationists: Access the same disease intelligence used by livestock veterinarians, adapted for wild animal populations. Understand zoonotic risks when working with wildlife, know which diseases require regulatory notification, and access species-specific disease information.

For Regulatory Authorities: Monitor disease trends, track outbreaks, and ensure farmers and veterinarians have access to current disease information and proper emergency contacts for your jurisdiction.

For Everyone: When disease occurs, you immediately know who to contact. Emergency hotlines, regulatory authorities, and specialised disease control centres are organised by jurisdiction. They are readily available when you need them most.

A Key Point of Differentiation

Most animal management systems treat disease information as something you look up elsewhere. Kora recognises that disease intelligence is fundamental to animal management. It integrates disease intelligence seamlessly.

The Knowledge Hub represents collective veterinary expertise. Over 100 years of combined experience from practising veterinarians is made accessible to everyone who manages animals. This applies regardless of professional background.

This democratisation of disease knowledge means:

• Faster responses: Access critical information immediately instead of waiting for callbacks or searching websites
• Better decisions: Understand disease risks and transmission before problems escalate
• Appropriate actions: Know when to isolate, when to call authorities, when to implement emergency protocols
• Regulatory compliance: Understand notification requirements and have contact information readily available
• Reduced anxiety: Reliable information reduces the stress of dealing with unknown health issues

What You'll Learn in This Chapter

4.1 What is the Knowledge Hub? explains the system architecture, data sources, and how this disease intelligence repository works

4.2 What Information Is Available? details the specific disease data, authority contacts, outbreak information, and educational resources you can access

4.3 How to Use Disease Information shows practical workflows for searching diseases, understanding disease profiles, and accessing emergency contacts

4.4 Integration with Daily Work demonstrates how the Knowledge Hub integrates seamlessly with observations, veterinary diagnoses, biosecurity features, and contact tracing

The Intelligence That Powers Proactive Management

Traditional animal management is reactive. Something goes wrong. Then you scramble to figure out what to do.

Kora's Knowledge Hub enables proactive disease management:

• Research symptoms before they become emergencies
• Understand transmission risks before disease spreads
• Access emergency contacts before you are in crisis mode
• Learn from ongoing outbreaks in your region

When a veterinarian diagnoses foot-and-mouth disease using the Knowledge Hub, Kora does not just record the diagnosis. It automatically:

• Calculates the 14-day incubation period
• Identifies the 7-day pre-symptomatic contagious period
• Determines total 21-day quarantine duration (incubation + contagious period)
• Identifies all animals that shared locations during the exposure window
• Scores exposure risk based on the disease's 0.9 transmission rate
• Recommends monitoring protocols based on disease-specific parameters

This happens instantly. What would normally require manual calculation, research, and professional consultation becomes automatic, science-based guidance.

Built for Everyone, From Hobbyists to Professionals

The Knowledge Hub serves diverse users:

• Backyard chicken keepers researching unusual symptoms
• Dairy farmers understanding biosecurity threats
• Zoo veterinarians accessing multi-species disease information
• Wildlife managers identifying zoonotic risks
• Regulatory inspectors tracking disease trends
• Conservation NGOs coordinating international health protocols

The same disease intelligence system adapts to your context. This applies whether you manage three goats or coordinate conservation programmes across continents.