Policy & Intro Info

Question 1

Globalization:

Answer 1

rapidly changing exchanges of information, linkages of societies, and economics

Question 2

Environmental trends that are causing changes in global disease: (2)

Answer 2

Climate Change
Resource Diminishing

Question 3

What effect can climate change and resource diminishing have on disease? (4)

Answer 3

Disease emergence in new areas
Expansion of disease vectors
Habitat changes of vector predators (birds, bats, etc)
Natural Disasters that impact animals

Question 4

Public Policy:

Answer 4

Government policies that affect the whole population
*Fundamental basis is LAW

Question 5

Three things interconnected by public policy:

Answer 5

Scientific Evidence
Social Infrastructure
Political Will

Question 6

What are the uses of critical thinking?

Answer 6

evaluate the arguments of others
resolve conflicts
come to well-reasoned resolutions to complex problems

Question 7

Wicked Problems:

Answer 7

a problem that is difficult or impossible to solve because of incomplete, contradictory, and changing requirements that are often difficult to recognize

Question 8

Roles of the State Veterinarian:

Answer 8

Provide leadership on animal health issues within their state
Coordinate with USDA APHIS VS to implement national animal health programs
Communicate to public & others on animal health issues
Determine import requirements for animals coming into their state

Question 9

Role of State Public Health Veterinarians

Answer 9

Serves as subject matter expert in zoonotic diseases
The primary point of contact for federal govt. in response to zoonotic disease
Consultant for local health departments
Zoonotic Disease guidelines & policies developer
Technical information provider in regard to legislative issues associated with zoonotic disease
Zoonotic Disease surveillance
Works with other state agencies
Assists with public information & media requests

Question 10

Three Components of USDA APHIS VS

Answer 10

Field Operations
Strategy and Policy
Diagnostics and Biologics

Question 11

USDA APHIS VS responsibilities regarding FADs

Answer 11

Prevent entry of exotic disease from foreign countries
Respond rapidly and effectively to control or eradicate such disease if they do get into the US

Question 12

Head of USDA APHIS VS:

Answer 12

Deputy Administrator
Serves as CVO for animal health for the US
Serves as US Delegate for WOAH

Question 13

Role of USDA FSIS:

Answer 13

Protects the consumer by ensuring that meat, poultry, and processed egg products are safe, wholesome and accurately labelled

Question 14

Actions taken by USDA FSIS:

Answer 14

Prevent diseased animals from entering food supply
Examine carcasses and parts for pathology and other visible defects
inspect products through processing, packaging, and handling
Prevent the use of food as a weapon

Question 15

Responsibilities of the FDA:

Answer 15

Responsible for protecting public health by ensuring safety, efficacy, and security of human & vet drugs, biologics, and medical devices
Ensuring safety if non-poultry, egg, and meat food supply & other things
Regulates animal feed

Question 16

WOAH:

Answer 16

International standard setting body relative to animal health NOT an enforcement organization

Question 17

Actions of WOAH:

Answer 17

Ensures transparency in global animal disease situations
Collects/analyzes/disseminates vet sci info
Encourages international solidarity in the control of animal diseases
Publishes health standards for international trade of animals & animal products
Improve legal framework and resources
Better guarantee of food of animal origin and promotes animal welfare

Question 18

Roles of the private practitioner in the animal health infrastructure:

Answer 18

Eyes and ears of animal health system
Report suspicious animal health situations
Communication

Question 19

Who do you contact if your client wants to ship their dog internationally?

Answer 19

USDA

Question 20

Who do you contact if your client wants to send a dog to Florida?

Answer 20

State Vet of Florida

Question 21

Who do you contact if you client wants to import sheep from New Zealand

Answer 21

USDA

Question 22

Who are you going to contact if you see vesicles on the feet of a cow?

Answer 22

State Vet or USDA

Question 23

Who are you going to contact if your client is a livestock producer and is planning to visit a farm in Thailand but wants to know if they have FMD there?

Answer 23

WOAH

or USDA

Question 24

Who are you going to contact if your client brings in a cat that you suspect may have rabies?

Answer 24

State Public Health Vet

Question 25

Ecology:

Answer 25

The branch of biology that deals with the relationships of organisms to one another and their physical surroundings

Question 26

Ecosystems:

Answer 26

The complex of living organisms, their physical environment, and all their interrelationships in a particular unit of space

Question 27

Supporting ecosystem services:

Answer 27

Nutrient cycling
Soil Production
Global Water Cyce

Question 28

Indicator of ecosystem health:

Answer 28

Biodiversity

Question 29

Global authority on species extinction risk:

Answer 29

International Union for Conservation of Nature

Question 30

Threats to biodiversity:

Answer 30

Habitat change/loss
Overexploitation
Climate change
Pollution
Biological Invasions

Question 31

Questions of the ecological approach to infectious disease:

Answer 31

Why do the patterns fo disease occur as they do?
What variables are important in influencing disease patterns

Question 32

Niche:

Answer 32

The set of biotic & abiotic conditions in the environment that defines the limit of a species’ ability to survive

Question 33

What determines the dynamics of the infectious disease:

Answer 33

Overlap in time-space niches

Question 34

Disease ecology:

Answer 34

Study of underlying principles that influence the spatial and temporal patterns of disease