Intro

Question 1

What is public health?

Answer 1

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

Question 2

What is veterinary public health the intersection of?

Answer 2

Veterinary medicine and public health.

Question 3

What does veterinary public health help to do?

What is one way it does this?

Answer 3

• It helps to protect populations of people from animal-related diseases.
• Animals health affects, and reflects, human health.

Question 4

What are 4 examples of sources of diseases of animal origin?

Answer 4

• Zoonotic infectious diseases
• Toxins/infections from animal-origin foods
• Animal-related injuries
• Pests/ectoparasites from animals

Question 5

How many cases of food-borne diseases are there annually in the US?

Answer 5

Over 70 million.

Question 6

Where do most food-borne disease agents originate from?

Answer 6

Animals

Question 7

What are zoonoses?

Answer 7

Diseases with animal reservoirs.

Question 8

What are some examples of zoonoses?

Answer 8

• Rabies
• Salmonella
• Beef & pork tapeworms

Question 9

Approximately how many species of pathogens can infect humans?

Answer 9

Over 1400

Question 10

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

Answer 10

61%

Question 11

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

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Zoonoses account for what percentage of emerging diseases?

Answer 12

75%

Question 13

What does SARS stand for?

Answer 13

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

Question 14

When and where was SARS first noted?

Answer 14

Feb 2003 in China

Question 15

What did SARS originate as?

Answer 15

A bat coronavirus

Question 16

How did SARS jump to humans?

Answer 16

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

Question 17

How did SARS emerge?

Answer 17

As a pandemic with human to human aerosol spread.

Question 18

T/F: SARS was slow to spread.

Answer 18

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

Question 19

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

Answer 19

About 8100 cases & over 700 deaths.

Question 20

How was the SARS outbreak controlled?

Answer 20

• Aggressive contact tracing
• Isolation
• Quarantine of exposed & infected people

Question 21

What are 3 other aspects of veterinary public health?

Answer 21

• Biomedical research
• Therapy animals & guide dogs
• Animal diseases that are not zoonotic still have human repercussions

Question 22

5 ways veterinary public health affects daily clinical practice.

Answer 22

• 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.

Question 23

Name 4 possible career paths in veterinary public health.

Answer 23

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

Question 24

What is epizootiology?

Answer 24

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

Question 25

What does the prefix “epi” stand for?

What does it mean in reference to epidemiology?

Answer 25

• On, upon

- Above and beyond the normal levels of disease.

Question 26

What does the prefix “en” mean?

What does it mean in reference to epidemiology?

Answer 26

• In, within

- Within normal limits for disease occurrence.

Question 27

What does the word root “zoo” mean?

What does it mean in reference to epidemiology?

Answer 27

• Animals

- Refers to disease in animal populations only.

Question 28

What does the word root “demos” mean?

What does it mean in reference to epidemiology?

Answer 28

• People

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

Question 29

What is Veterinary Public Health?

Answer 29

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