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What is public health?

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The branch of medicine, policy, and administration that protects populations of people from diseases.

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What is Veterinary Public Health?

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The contribution to the complete physical, mental, and social well-being of humans through an understanding and application of veterinary medical science.

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What is veterinary public health the intersection of?

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Veterinary medicine and public health.

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What does veterinary public health help to do?

What is one way it does this?

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  • It helps to protect populations of people from animal-related diseases.
  • Animals health affects, and reflects, human health.
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What are 4 examples of sources of diseases of animal origin?

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  • Zoonotic infectious diseases
  • Toxins/infections from animal-origin foods
  • Animal-related injuries
  • Pests/ectoparasites from animals
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How many cases of food-borne diseases are there annually in the US?

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Over 70 million.

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Where do most food-borne disease agents originate from?

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Animals

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What are zoonoses?

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Diseases with animal reservoirs.

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What are some examples of zoonoses?

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  • Rabies
  • Salmonella
  • Beef & pork tapeworms
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Approximately how many species of pathogens can infect humans?

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Over 1400

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Zoonoses account for what percentage of pathogen species that can infect humans?

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61%

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T/F: “Old” diseases are no longer a problem.

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False - ex) rabies: approximately 55,000 fatalities/year

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Zoonoses account for what percentage of emerging diseases?

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75%

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What does SARS stand for?

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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

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When and where was SARS first noted?

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Feb 2003 in China

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What did SARS originate as?

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A bat coronavirus

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How did SARS jump to humans?

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Jumped to civets in adjacent cages in wild animal markets -> jumped to humans at the market.

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How did SARS emerge?

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As a pandemic with human to human aerosol spread.

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T/F: SARS was slow to spread.

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False - spread to over 25 countries w/in a few months

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How many cases/deaths were seen with the SARS outbreak?

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About 8100 cases & over 700 deaths.

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How was the SARS outbreak controlled?

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  • Aggressive contact tracing
  • Isolation
  • Quarantine of exposed & infected people
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What are 3 other aspects of veterinary public health?

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  • Biomedical research
  • Therapy animals & guide dogs
  • Animal diseases that are not zoonotic still have human repercussions
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5 ways veterinary public health affects daily clinical practice.

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  • Keeping yourself and your technicians free from zoonotic diseases & injuries.
  • Advising clients about zoonotic diseases & answering their questions.
  • USDA accreditation
  • Rabies quarantine/exams
  • Deciding which treatments/vaccines to use in animals.
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Name 4 possible career paths in veterinary public health.

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  • Federal, state and local government
  • Academic institutions
  • Private non-profit institutions
  • Private business, pharmaceutical companies, laboratories
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What is epizootiology?

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The study of the distribution and determinants of disease and other health outcomes in animal populations.

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What does the prefix “epi” stand for?

What does it mean in reference to epidemiology?

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  • On, upon

- Above and beyond the normal levels of disease.

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What does the prefix “en” mean?

What does it mean in reference to epidemiology?

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  • In, within

- Within normal limits for disease occurrence.

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What does the word root “zoo” mean?

What does it mean in reference to epidemiology?

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  • Animals

- Refers to disease in animal populations only.

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What does the word root “demos” mean?

What does it mean in reference to epidemiology?

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  • People

- Refers to disease in people, but may be used generally.

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