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Lecture 2- Health of Animals- private and public practice veterinary roles Flashcards

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What six core domains of public health do veterinarians contribute to

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Diagnosis, surveillance, epidemiology, control, prevention, elimination of zoonotic diseases

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What are some examples of public health practices performed by veterinarians

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Performing a routine health exam, immunization records, parasite control programs, advising on risk of animal contact for immunocompromised individuals, service dogs, promoting human-animal bond

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Examples of indirect zoonoses and non-zoonotic communicable diseases in small animals

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West Nile, coccidiomycosis

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Examples of indirect zoonoses and non-zoonotic communicable diseases in large animals

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Bovine leukosis, foot and mouth disease, fowlpox

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What are some examples of how livestock increasingly vulnerable to infectious diseases

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Increasing intensity and concentration of production agriculture

Genetic convergence

External contact

Scale and frequency of transport

Increasing size of feedlots

Lack of immunity

Porous national borders

Shortage of epidemiologists

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What are some government roles held by veterinarians

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Overseeing food safety inspection programs, disease surveillance, outbreak investigation, lab animal care, biomedical research, public health programs

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What 3 agencies are responsible for ensuring food, animal feed, drugs, vaccines, and devices

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FDA, USDA, EPA

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What programs are responsible for possession, use, and transfer of certain biologic agents and toxins that have potential to pose a severe threat to public health

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Federal Select Agent Program (jointly administered by CDC and USDA’s animal and plant health inspection service (APHIS)/Agriculture select Agent services (AgSAS)

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What does the FDA regulate

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All foods and food ingredients introduced into or offered for sale in interstate commerce except for meat, poultry and certain processed eggs

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What does FDA Center for veterinary medicine regulate

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Animal drugs, animal feeds, and veterinary devices

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What does USDA regulate

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Vaccines and biologics

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What does EPA regulate

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Pesticides

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Who regulates kibble

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FDA

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Who regulates the rabies vaccine

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USDA

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Who regulates anthrax

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USDA

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Who regulates frontline

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EPA

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Who regulates revolution

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FDA

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What are the differences between what FDA and EPA regulate

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EPA regulates most topical insecticides but FDA regulates products used to control external pests intended to act systemically (oral)

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What program enhances public health and well-being by protecting the public from foodborne illness and ensuring that the nations meat, poultry, and egg products are safe

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Food safety and inspection services (FSIS)

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What program centers around animal and plant health, addresses animal welfare, biotechnology, wildlife damage, global trade

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Animal and Plant health inspection (APHIS)

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What is the role of the state veterinarian

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Directly protecting livestock, poultry and aquaculture industries. Indirectly protecting the public through prevention, early detection, containment and eradication of economically important livestock.

Also regulates importation, transportation and processing of animals

Conduct investigations and prosecutions relating to cases of anima cruelty.

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What is the role of state public health veterinarians

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Work in zoonotic disease control and prevention, directly focusing on protecting public health

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What are the differences between state veterinarians and public health veterinarians

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SPHV work for state health department whereas SV works for state agriculture department

SPHV works in zoonotic disease control and prevention

SV target livestock disease

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What is the role of the national association of state public health veterinarians (NASPHV)

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Helps direct and develop uniform public health procedures involving zoonotic disease in the US

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What is the role of American association of food safety and public health veterinarians (AAFSPHV)

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Promote science and art of food safety, public health, epidemiology, and preventative medicine by providing an expert forum for the discussion of issues of importance to veterinary profession and development of professional recommendations and resolutions

Supports programs to promote and improve professional education, communication, collaboration among public health veterinarians to reduce human illness, animal illness and promote public health

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What is the role of the US house veterinary medicine caucus

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Provides a forum to keep members informed about opportunities and challenges facing veterinary medicine.

Helps increase awareness of the importance of veterinary medicine on research, public health, animal health and welfare, food safety, and overall economy.

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What key legislation introduced by US House veterinary medicine Caucus

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Vet med act, veterinary medicine loan repayment program enhancement act, one health act

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What is the role of US senate veterinary medicine caucus

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Inform public policy that recognizes the crucial roles of veterinarians in all forms of clinical practice and in non-clinical roles

Federal inspection of meat and poultry

Translational research benefitting both humans and animals

Animal and zoonotic disease prevention, detection and response

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What is the role of the AVMA and legislative advisory committee (LAC)

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Formulating and implementing AVMA legislative policy and positions on federal regulatory protocols

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Why does AVMA exist

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Establish one legislative voice for veterinary medicine, ensure that the needs and concerns of all industries within veterinary medicine are incorporating, integrate needs and concerns that represent bests interest of veterinary medicine

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World Health Organization international health regulations and reporting disease

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Notification is based on the identification within a state party’s territory of an event that may constitute a public health emergency of international concern

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What is the role of national notifiable disease surveillance system (NNDSS)

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Helps public health monitor, control and prevent about 120 diseases

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What is the world organization for animal health reportable diseases (WOAH)

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Intergovernmental organization responsible for improving animal health worldwide, collects and publishes information about animal diseases, maintains list of reportable diseases

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What state agencies are veterinary professionals mandates to report potential zoonotic diseases to

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AZ department of Agriculture (ADA), AZ Game and Fish department (AGFD) and AZ department of health services (ADHS)

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Where must the following diseases be reported to: Anthrax, avian influenza, brucellosis, tuberculosis, equine encephalomyelitis, Q fever, vesicular stomatisis

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AZ department of Agriculture (ADA)

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How is anthrax transmitted

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Contact, aerosol, vector

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How is avian influenza, brucellosis, tuberculosis spread

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Contact, aerosol

38
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How is equine encephalomyelitis spread

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Vector

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How is Q fever and vesicular stomatitis spread

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Contact, aerosol, vector

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What agency do you report the following diseases to: leptospirosis and west Nile virus

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AZ department of agriculture (ADA) and AZ department of health services (ADHS)

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How does leptospirosis spread

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Contact, aerosol

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How does West Nile virus spread

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Vector

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What agency do you report the following diseases to: rabies, tularemia, psittacosis/avian chlamydiosis

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AZ department of agriculture, AZ department of health services (ADHS), and AZ Department of game and Fish (AGFD)

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How does rabies spread

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Contact

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How does tularemia spread

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Vector, contact, aerosol

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How does psittacosis spread

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Contact, aerosol

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What is the role of the USDA APHIS accredited veterinarian

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Allowed to practice and perform procedures that will help the USDA with furthering their mission of protecting animal health

Prepare health papers to move across state or international borders, perform testing for government program diseases, front line support in defending US from emerging diseases

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USDA APHIS Control and eradication programs

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Quarantines, testing and examination to detect infection, destroy infection, treatment to eliminate parasites, vaccination, cleaning infected areas

49
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What diseases are under APHIS control and eradication programs

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Brucellosis, Johne’s disease, pseudorabies, tuberculosis, transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, scrapie, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, chronic wasting disease

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What are the 3 different category I FADs detected in US

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New world screwworm Myiasis, old world screwworm myiasis, rabbit hemorrhagic disease

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