Veterinarians and Public Health - Guest Lecturer Flashcards
CDC is a group of centers
Within each center there are branches and then teams.
Vets and the CDC
a lot of opportunities
vets at CDC are : health scien, epidemiologists, public health analysts, lab animal vets, etc.
CEnter for global health
-monitoring diseaases before they reach other parts of the world
CFOs
epidemi stationed at state offices; they are field officers
give states the extra epi support they may not have
EIS office
as an officer you have a sueprvisor (that is a veterinarian) to teach you the epi knowleege you need
health statistics center
many veterinarians who want to get an advanced degree
non-infectious disease center
population medicine, herd health; very important in this field
Toxic substacnes and env health
- veterianry toxicologist
immuniation and resp diseases
- influenza division here
154 veterinarians in the CDC
Most have a masters, 49% have a PhD
50% are board certified (preventative medicine boards)
Many start as EIS officers b/c went through training program
August 31, 2018
2 people admitted to hospital with uenxplaiend upper respiraory ilness, high fever, pneumonia; worked at chicken slaughter plant
increased to 10 people by 08/04
diagnosed with psittadcosis
usually a mild illness charact4eirzed by fever, chills, etc.
Rarely deathly. If properly treated case fatality is less than 1%
People become contamianted when people breathe infected dust
Psittacine are thoguht ot be main source fo exposure in US but non psittacines can also transmit including ducks, chickens, and turkeys
Import in sale of psittacine birds and poultry slaighter plants of turkeys represent the two major peaks in hisotry; 2018 rare because chickens, not turkeys
Sampled slaughtr house and found chlamy g, not psitacci, despite signs being most in line with psitaccosis
Masks reduced contraction by 0.5x
People wore masks depending on where they were in the factory
