2-One Health Flashcards
What percentage of all emerging human infectious diseases worldwide in the past three decades have originated in animals?
Nearly 75%
One Health ties together what three aspects?
- Animal
- Human
- Environment
The world population is projected to grow from what amount seen in 2001 to what by 2050?
7 billion to 9 billion
The increasing global population creates a growing demand for what 3 things?
- Adequate healthcare
- Safe food
- Safe water
What does the existence of the human-animal bond impact?
The health of both people and animals.
Who presented the idea that public health is dependent on a clean environment?
Greek Physician Hippocrates
Who coined the term zoonoses?
Dr. Rudolph Carl Virchow
Who believed that “between animal and human medicine there is no dividing line-nor should there be. The object is different but the experience obtained constitutes the basis of all medicine”?
Dr. Rudolph Carl Virchow
Who was the founding chief of the US Bureau of Animal Industry, discovered Salmonella and was an advocate for meat sanitation?
Daniel Salmon DVM
Who was considered the most versatile microbe hunter since Pasteur and said “As a veterinarian I can become a universal man and study diseases in all species”?
Karl Meyer DVM
Who founded the first vet PH program at the US Public Health Service, was a pioneer in integrating vet med into PH agencies (CDC), made significant contributions to food-borne disease and is known as the “father of veterinary public health”?
James H. Steele DVM, MPH
Who founded the Department of Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine at UC Davis, concept of “one medicine” and wrote the Veterinary Medicine and Human Health?
Calvin Schwabe DVM, MPH, PhD
What does ACPM stand for?
American College of Preventative Medicine
Zoobiquity is an example of what?
One Health
What is the one revelatory fact that zoobiquity is based on?
Animals and humans get the same diseases.
Zoobiquity has an integrated approach between what 2 aspects of health?
- Physical
- Behavioral
What are 3 species that can be a source of strep in humans?
- Horses
- Cows
- Guinea pigs
Can antibiotic resistance be seen among wildlife?
Yes
What are 5 examples of challenges faced by One Health?
- New mindset
- Competition for resources
- Shortage of practitioners
- Liability risk for professionals acting in an unfamiliar field
- Reluctance to collaborate with bureaucratic federal agencies
What are 3 educational shortcomings seen with One Health?
- Lack of collaborative interdisciplinary student programs
- Insufficient environmental training for health professionals
- Limited time and lack of funding for OH education
Who is offering the first OH PhD program in the world?
University of Florida
