1^st International One Health Congress – Australia – February 14-16, 2011

http://www.onehealth2011.com/email/index11.html

Rabies Webinar: September 28, 2010

Learn about the important public health issue of rabies; including the successes and challenges to implementing effective rabies prevention and control strategies. 

Sample Topics:

·         Webinar #2: 9:50-9:55am (EST) The One Health Initiative - Global Clearinghouse for Activities Involving Rabies and Other Zoonoses (Dr. Jack Woodall, One Health Initiative website team member), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.)

·          Rabies Control in India-Challenges and Strategies (Dr S.R. Garg, College of Veterinary Science, Hisar)

·          Lessons Learned from Dog Vaccinations in Tanzania (Dr Katie Hampson, University of Glasgow)

·          Alliances for Rabies Elimination in the Americas (Luis Fernando Leanes, PAHO/PANAFTOSA)

There is no cost to attend the webinars but you will need to register for each webinar separately.  Register Here

Or http://www.worldrabiesday.org/EN/Events/wrd-webinar.html

 “Understanding Rabies” – Video Release

In observance of World Rabies Day, the Global Alliance for Rabies Control is pleased to offer a seven segment video series entitled, Understanding Rabies. These short educational videos cover the following topics: What is Rabies?, What animals are most likely to be rabid?, Rabies symptoms, Rabies diagnosis, Preventing rabies, World Rabies Day and Rabies medical research.  We invite you to view our videos and share them as part of your outreach for World Rabies Day and beyond!

Watch the Videos: http://www.worldrabiesday.org/EN/media_center/videos.html

World Rabies Day eMedia

Help spread the word about rabies prevention and World Rabies Day! Add a button to your Web site that shows what you are doing to stay rabies free and send a Health e-Card to let others know how they can help prevent rabies.

Visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eMedia Site: http://www.cdc.gov/worldrabiesday/eMedia.html

·                                 The Sydney Morning Herald

Pet cancer drug goes to human trials

June 13, 2010

http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/pet-cancer-drug-goes-to-human-trials-20100613-y5ny.html

 Human and Animal Health (USA) – From American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Podcast:

Veterinarians play a prominent role in making sure our food supply is healthy and safe to eat by preventing the spread of foodborne illness among our livestock. Doing so not only keeps the animals healthy, but it also reduces the risk of human exposure to foodborne illnesses.

 In this podcast, W. Ron DeHaven, DVM, MBA, chief executive officer of the AVMA discusses the link between human and animal health and expresses the AVMA’s carefully considered perspectives about the use of antibiotics in food producing animals (i.e. livestock) relative to this practice’s “resistance development” concerns.

 Please listen to Dr. DeHaven by clicking the “MP3” in the following link.

 http://www.avmamedia.org/detail.asp?sid=256&NAME=Human_and_Animal_Health

Factors associated with compliance with community directed treatment with ivermectin for onchocerciasis control in Southwestern Ethiopia

http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/3/1/48

Yirga D, Deribe K, Woldemichael K, Wendafrash M, Kassahun W
Parasites & Vectors 2010, 3:48 (2 June 2010)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]

Monday, June 7, 2010

The California Aggie

The California Aggie > Campus News > UC Davis observes National Public Health Week

University of California, Davis, CA (USA)  observes National Public Health Week

Professionals discuss topics in societal health

Written by Kyle Sporleder

Aggie Staff Writer

Published on Apr 8, 2010

… [Dr.] Cheryl Scott, program director for the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine's Calvin Schwabe One Health Project, suggested collaboration is needed in all fields of health in order to address the concerns of the nation as a whole.

According to Scott, "One Health" is the idea that one must consider factors that affect the health of all organisms.

"One Health is the intersection of human, animal and ecosystem health," Scott said. "It makes sense that since we all live in the same environment, then that environment must be healthy in order for us to be."

Scott wants attention drawn to crises that affect everyone, not just one life or entity, such as infectious diseases, food contamination, drug-resistant bacteria, habitat destruction and air/water quality.

One way to do that, she argues, is to engage students today who will be the workforce we depend on tomorrow.

"We need more smart and passionate people engaged in health issues," Scott said. "They need to be aware that none of us are isolated anymore. What affects one of us will eventually affect all of us. And students entering the health field need to realize that." …

Read the entire article at http://theaggie.org/article/uc-davis-observes-national-public-health-week

A “One Health” Approach to Address Emerging Zoonoses: The HALI Project in Tanzania

Jonna A. K. Mazet, DVM, MPVM, PHD and colleagues describe their work [Plos Medicine] in the Tanzania-based HALI Project, which adopts the “One Health” approach to address emerging zoonoses and that recognizes the interconnectedness of human, animal, and environmental health.

Jonna A. K. Mazet^1*, Deana L. Clifford¹, Peter B. Coppolillo², Anil B. Deolalikar, Jon D. Erickson⁴, Rudovick R. Kazwala⁵3

1 Wildlife Health Center, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America, 2 Wildlife Conservation Society, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America, 3 Department of Economics, University of California, Riverside, California, United States of America, 4 Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America, 5 Department of Veterinary Medicine and Public Health, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania

http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1000190

Structural Basis for Senior Immunity to the Current H1N1 Flu
summary written by Raven Hanna

http://www-ssrl.slac.stanford.edu/research/h1n1_summary.html 

Stanford [University] (USA) Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource

Date Published: May 28, 2010

The above was a lay summary for:

Primary Citation

Xu, R., Ekiert, D.C., Krause, J.C., Hai, R., Crowe, J.E. Jr, Wilson, I.A. Structural Basis of Preexisting Immunity to the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic Influenza Virus. Science 328, 357-360 (2010).

Structural Basis of Pre-existing Immunity to thé 2009 H1N1 Pandemic Influenza Virus

The emergence of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, also known as the "swine flu", marks the first human flu pandemic in 40 years and has caused significant human infection and mortality globally (1). The emergence of the 2009 H1N1 flu marks the first time that an influenza pandemic was triggered by a virus carrying the same hemagglutinin (HA) subtype as circulating seasonal strains. In contrast, all prior pandemics were caused by the rise of a novel influenza strain with a different hemagglutinin subtype. And unlike seasonal flu that usually affects the elderly most severely, swine flu has been primarily targeting people under the age of 65, implying some age-related pre-existing immunity (2, 3) … … READ MORE at

http://www-ssrl.slac.stanford.edu/research/highlights_archive/h1n1.html.

Parasites & Vectors

5th Symposium on Canine Vector-Borne Diseases

Edited by Chris Arme

This thematic series groups papers presented at the 5th Symposium on Canine Vector-Borne Diseases New York City 12th-15th April 2010

http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/series/CVBD5

Case Study: Veterinarians without Borders-Canada

One health for one world: a compendium of case studies

http://aitoolkit.org/site/DefaultSite/filesystem/documents/OHOW_Compendium_Case_Studies.pdf

This compendium of case studies, prepared by Veterinarians without Borders with support from the Canadian Public Health Agency, promotes that the health of people, animals, and the ecosystem are inextricably woven together. The compendium includes a broad range of disease outbreaks across the globe including avian influenza H5N1 and pandemic influenza H1N1. Each study includes basic information about the clinical disease and the infectious agent associated with it, a description of why the disease is appropriate for one-health approaches, responses and conclusions, and implications for government, business and research policies.

One Health Newsletter Published – May 25, 2010

http://www.doh.state.fl.us/Environment/medicine/One_Health/OneHealth.html

http://www.doh.state.fl.us/Environment/medicine/One_Health/OHNLSpring2010.pdf

Spring Issue, 2010

Volume 3 Issue 2

Research

Co-infections with Plasmodium falciparum, Schistosoma mansoni and intestinal helminths among schoolchildren in endemic areas of northwestern Tanzania

Georgia Aquarium Research Center – Spring Newsletter

Please see One Health item of interest:

Dolphins (continued from page 1)

“Of concern is the fact that dolphins and humans are the only species known to be naturally susceptible to infection by Lacazia loboi.  Thus these dolphins may serve as sentinel species for a public health hazard, especially in the Florida coastal region, which is used extensively for recreational purposes.   ……..read more in Newsletter.

Information provided by:

Gregory D. Bossart, VMD, PhD
Senior Vice President and Chief Veterinary Officer
Georgia Aquarium
225 Baker Street, NW
Atlanta, Georgia 30313

and

Adjunct Professor

Department of Pathology

School of Medicine

University of Miami

Miami, Florida
404.581.4304
gbossart@georgiaaquarium.org

United State Department of Agriculture (USDA) – Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) ISSUES GUIDANCE DOCUMENT TO REDUCE E. COLI SHEDDING

Source:  National Meat Association/Lean Trimmings – http://nmaonline.org/pdf/LT5_17_10.pdf

http://nmaonline.org

May 17, 2010
 
FSIS issued a “Guidance Document: for Pre-Harvest Management Controls and Intervention Options for Reducing Escherichia coli O157:H7 Shedding in Cattle, May 2010” on May 10th. This document provides beef slaughter establishments with an informational resource on pre-harvest controls for reducing E. coli O157:H7 and also describes pre-harvest interventions and management practices in various stages of research, and includes a link to references regarding these practices. The OFW memo regarding this document can be viewed in the members’ only section of our website at www.nmaonline.org. This document can be viewed at: www.fsis.usda.gov/PDF/Reducing_Ecoli_Shedding_In_Cattle_0510.pdf.

Role of sand lizards in the ecology of Lyme and other tick-borne diseases in the Netherlands

Parasites & Vectors

http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/3/1/42

Mechanism found that may stop E. coli development in cattle

12 May 2010

Microbiologists at UT Southwestern Medical Centre in the US, working with the Department of Agriculture, have identified a potential target in cattle that could be exploited to help prevent outbreaks of food-borne illnesses caused by a nasty strain of Escherichia coli. …

Read more:

http://www.vetsweb.com/news/mechanism-found-that-may-stop-e-coli-development-in-cattle-1113.html

Why you should get to know your local veterinarian

Sue L. Pollock, MD, FRCPC, Craig Stephen, DVM, PhD

Our health is inextricably link­ed to our environment through the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the water we drink. Animals are an integral part of this environment, and our lives are increasingly intertwined with theirs. The recent H1N1 pandemic (swine flu) and an outbreak of E. coli 0157:H7 associated with farm animals in BC have highlighted the importance of this close relationship. 

Almost everyone has some daily interaction with animals, whether through food animals and animal products, wildlife, or household pets. In particular, pet ownership, including exotic animals such as reptiles and birds, is increasingly widespread in Canadian households. It is estimated that more than 50% of Canadian households have at least one cat or dog in their home,[1] which speaks to the importance of pets within the family structure.  …

Read more:  http://www.bcmj.org/why-you-should-get-know-your-local-veterinarian

Animal Instincts

By Claudia Kalb | Newsweek Web Exclusive

Apr 27, 2010

http://www.newsweek.com/id/237036

Music Industry News Network

The Alliance for Rabies Control's April 2010 newsletter is now available at:

www.rabiescontrol.net/ARCnewsletter17.pdf

Chicago Breaking News Center…

Field, U. of C. studying how disease jumps from animal to man

April 20, 2010 5:28 PM | UPDATED STORY

Field Museum biologists returned from an African expedition last year with an unusually large collection of 1,100 bird and small mammal specimens, including blood, tissue and stomach content samples.

But what they will do next with those specimens is even more unusual.

They will use them to study how rare diseases - like Ebola, AIDS and SARS - originate in wild animals and then jump to humans with deadly consequences.  …  For more see:

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/04/field-u-of-c-studying-how-disease-jumps-from-animal-to-man.html

Shifting from Emergency Response to Prevention of Pandemic Disease Threats at Source

Meeting Report
Chatham House, April 2010

http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/publications/papers/view/-/id/854/

UN News Centre…

Bird flu, though largely contained, still poses global threat – UN health expert

Avian influenza is still a menace.

16 April 2010 – Although concerted international action has successfully eliminated the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus from poultry in nearly all 63 countries infected by the world outbreak in 2006, it persists in five nations, posing a continuing threat to global animal and human health, a senior United Nations official warned today.  …

See more: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=34387&Cr=&Cr1

Preliminary FoodNet Data on the Incidence of Infection with Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food --- 10 States, 2009

April 16, 2010 / 59(14);418-422

The Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) of CDC's Emerging Infections Program conducts active, population-based surveillance in 10 U.S. states for all laboratory-confirmed infections with select enteric pathogens transmitted commonly through food (1). This report describes preliminary surveillance data for 2009 and trends in incidence since 1996. In 2009, a total of 17,468 laboratory-confirmed cases of infection were identified. In comparison with the first 3 years of surveillance (1996--1998), sustained declines in the reported incidence of infections caused by Campylobacter, Listeria, Salmonella, Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157, Shigella, and Yersinia were observed. The incidence of Vibrio infection continued to increase. Compared with the preceding 3 years (2006--2008), significant decreases in the reported incidence of Shigella and STEC O157 infections were observed. For most infections, reported incidence was highest among children aged <4 years; the percentage of persons hospitalized and the case fatality rate (CFR) were highest among persons aged ≥50 years. In 2009, the Healthy People 2010 target of ≤1.0 case per 100,000 population for STEC O157 infection (objective 10-1b) was met (2). Further collaborative efforts with regulatory agencies and industry are needed to sustain and extend recent declines and to improve prevention of foodborne infections.

 http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5914a2.htm

UN NEWS CENTRE

New UN study urges sustained momentum to tackle human, animal influenza threats

14 April 2010 – While there has been substantial global progress towards pandemic preparedness in recent years, it is vital to maintain that momentum to respond effectively to existing and possible future threats, according to a new study by the United Nations and the World Bank.

“Continued global vigilance for infectious disease outbreaks and pandemics is of critical importance for health security and well-being,” says the report, entitled “Animal and pandemic influenza: a framework for sustaining momentum.”

The report notes that an estimated 75 per cent of new human diseases originate in animals…

For more please see:

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=34368&Cr=pandemic&Cr1

One Health Approach to Identify Research Needs in Bovine and Human Babesioses: Workshop Report

Parasites & Vectors 2010, 3:36 (8 April 2010)

[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]

http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/pdf/1756-3305-3-36.pdf

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S.A.

Surveillance for Human West Nile Virus Disease --- United States, 1999--2008

Surveillance Summaries

April 2, 2010 / 59(02);1-17

Nicole P. Lindsey, MS, J. Erin Staples, MD, PhD, Jennifer A. Lehman, Marc Fischer, MD

Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases

Corresponding author: Nicole Lindsey, MS, Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, CDC, 3150 Rampart Road, Fort Collins, CO 80521. Telephone: 970-266-3595; Fax: 970-266-3568; E-mail: nplindsey@cdc.gov.

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5902a1.htm

One Health in ACTION!

Scand J Urol Nephrol. 2010 Feb 24. [Epub ahead of print]

Primary bladder phaeochromocytoma diagnosed by a vet.

Oderda M, Michelon F, Appendino M, Gallo M, Senetta R, Pacchioni D, Tizzani A, Gontero P.

Department of Urology, University of Turin, Molinette Hospital, Italy .

Abstract Bladder phaeochromocytomas are rare neuroendocrine neoplasms whose diagnosis can be missed in spite of their rather suggestive presentation. It is mandatory to collect a thorough medical history and to recognize their typical symptoms. This study reports the case of a woman, treated for hypertensive crisis, who was diagnosed with bladder phaeochromocytoma thanks to a vet noting her fainting after micturition.

PMID: 20180653 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

“Canine Aggression Toward Children” -  a valuable One Health Podcast (USA)

American Veterinary Medical Association MEDIA LIBRARY - http://www.avmamedia.org/default.asp

“Every year, approximately 800,000 people in the United States are bitten by dogs, half of them children. Dr. Ilana Reisner, assistant professor of behavioral medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, discusses why children are so disproportionately the victims of dog bites, and how adults can help protect their children through training and education.”

http://www.avmamedia.org/display.asp?sid=78&NAME=Canine_Aggression_Toward_Children

Use of a Reduced (4-Dose) Vaccine Schedule for Postexposure Prophylaxis to Prevent Human Rabies

Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – Morbidity and Mortality Report - March 19, 2010 / 59(02);1-9

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5902a1.htm

Capua, I, Cattoli, G. “One Flu for One Health [letter]”.  Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Apr; [Epub ahead of print]

http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/16/4/pdfs/09-1593.pdf :

http://www.feedstuffs.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=F4D1A9DFCD974EAD8CD5205E15C1CB42&nm=Breaking+News&type=news&mod=News&mid=A3D60400B4204079A76C4B1B129CB433&tier=3&nid=EB05633A3EC6492C96CC8EF5D812355E

American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) tackles veterinary shortage with new program

Vetsweb.com

March 17, 2010

The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), as part of its ongoing effort to boost the number of food animal veterinarians in the US, introduces an educational debt relief program for those veterinarians whose job it is to keep food animals healthy and the food supply safe. ….

http://www.vetsweb.com/news/avma-tackles-veterinary-shortage-with-new-program-967.html

Official Newsletter of the National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA) – Vol 10 – No.1 – March 2010

One Health Center Stage at NIAA’s Annual Meeting

http://www.animalagriculture.org/Information/Publications/NIAA/2010/March.pdf

Princeton University (USA) – Program of Science and Global Security

The Biosecurity Seminar Series – Spring 2009

All seminars were held at the Carl Icahn building in Princeton, New Jersey (USA)

Any questions, please contact Laura Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP at lkahn@princeton.edu or 609-258-6763.

http://www.princeton.edu/sgs/seminars/biosecurity/

Notable Example:

March 27, 2009�-�Smallpox Eradication:� What it Taught Us or Did It?"

Speaker:� D.A. Henderson, MD, MPH, Professor, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine; Resident Scholar at the Center for Biosecurity of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center; former Dean of Johns Hopkins School of Public Health from 1977 to 1990; Directed WHO global smallpox eradication program 1966-1977

link to view videotape of 3/27/09 seminar

One Health Academy – new website www.onehealthacademy.org: now linked with One Health Initiative Website

March 11^th, 2010 Washington, DC meeting (USA) will be Harold C. (Woody) Davis, JD, MD 

Please see Dr. Davis’s Curriculum Vitae on this One Health Initiative Publications page.

For Reservation Details See: Upcoming Events page http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/events.php

Special guest speaker for March 11th meeting will be Dr. Harold C. (Woody) Davis.  Dr. Davis serves as a senior policy advisor for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Air Traffic Organization (ATO) System Operations SysOps) as part of the CNA Air Traffic Management (ATM) team. Dr. Davis supports development of NextGen Air Traffic Policy specifically with regard to operations, security and fees including data collection and data dissemination from multiple sources, including satellite, UAS, aircraft and ground based systems. Dr. Davis has over 25 years of experience in aviation, aviation medicine, program management, legal and operations in support of the United States Air Force (USAF), FAA, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as well as other Federal organizations and agencies as well as Associate Vice President for Research at the University of Texas at Austin.

FoodSafety.gov - SALMONELLA

http://www.foodsafety.gov/poisoning/causes/bacteriaviruses/salmonella.html

Science News

Novel Way to Study Human Inflammatory Disease

ScienceDaily (Feb. 28, 2010) — A new University of Colorado at Boulder study shows mice infected with the bacteria salmonella develop clinical signs consistent with a deadly and poorly understood human inflammatory disease, a finding that may lead to new therapies…

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100225214812.htm

Dry weather induces outbreaks of human West Nile virus infections

Guiming Wang , Richard B Minnis , Jerrold L Belant and Charles L Wax

BMC Infectious Diseases 2010, 10:38doi:10.1186/1471-2334-10-38 -

http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/10/38

Chemical causes high contamination levels in Atlantic dolphins

          It brings back old questions about food safety for humans

NEWS Jacksonville.com – March 1, 2010

http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2010-03-01/story/chemical_causes_high_contamination_levels_in_atlantic_dolphins?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+JacksonvillecomNews+(Jacksonville+Local+News+%E2%80%93+Jacksonville.com+and+The+Florida+Times-Union)

Vol. 7 (2010) / Issue 1 / Book Reviews

Review of Who's In Charge?: Leadership during Epidemics, Bioterror Attacks, and Other Public Health Crises by Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP

Robert Lloyd Ditch, Synaptic LLC

Recommended Citation

Ditch, Robert Lloyd (2010) "Review of Who's In Charge?: Leadership during Epidemics, Bioterror Attacks, and Other Public Health Crises," Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management: Vol. 7 : Iss. 1, Article 8.

See http://www.bepress.com/jhsem/vol7/iss1/8/

Vector-borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Editor: Stephen Higgs, PhD

Volume 10; Number 1, 2010

Copyright: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.

Special Issue: Symposium on Ecology of Plague and Its Effects on Wildlife

http://www.liebertonline.com/toc/vbz/10/1

Provided to CDC (USA) ListServe by:

Mira J. Leslie, DVM, MPH

Ministry of Agriculture and Lands

1767 Angus Campbell Road

Abbotsford, BC. V3G 2M3

Ph: (604) 556-3013

Fax: (604) 556-3015

Mira.leslie@gov.bc.ca

One World – One Medicine – One Health

Rev. sci. tech. Off. Int. Epiz, 2009, 28 (2), 481-486

http://www.oie.int/boutique/extrait/04osburn481486.pdf?PHPSESSID=b935473736dc9d8775fe68cb010089e7

Chickens May Provide Clues to Color Vision
Studies of retinal differences in birds could lead to treatments for blindness, researchers say

FRIDAY, Feb. 19 (HealthDay News)

http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=636123

The Alliance for Rabies Control's February 2010 newsletter is now available at:
www.rabiescontrol.net/ARCnewsletter16.pdf

SALK INSTITUTE For Biological Studies

The mouse with a human liver: a new model for the treatment of liver disease

February 22, 2010

http://www.salk.edu/news/pressrelease_details.php?press_id=408

Humanitarian Resource Institute

HRI:UNArts: Student Loan Debt - Veterinarian shortage plagues rural areas

Provided by Stephen Michael Apatow: Founder, Humanitarian Resource Institute, United Nations Arts Initiative, Pathobiologics International.

http://www.unarts.org/news/asld_2212010.html

VETERINARY Cancer Society NEWS Volume 34, No. 1, Spring 2010

“The Inclusion of Companion Species in Advancing Cancer Therapeutics Through the Concept of One Medicine”

http://www.vetcancersociety.org/Spring_10_VCSN.pdf

Provided February 20, 2010 by:

Ralph C. Richardson, DVM, Dipl ACVIM (Oncology, Internal Med)
Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine
Kansas State University
101 Trotter Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506-5601

CONFERENCE INVITATION

8^th Annual Scientific Conference 

Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU)

April 7-9, 2010

Hotel Agrabad, Chittagong, Bangladesh

 One World-One Health

Wildlife Disease News Digest

http://wdin.blogspot.com/

Wildlife Disease News and Information at your Fingertips.  Brought to you by the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/  Wildlife Disease Information Node (WDIN) http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/aboutwdin.jsp

“This news service focuses on wildlife diseases, and wildlife morbidity/mortality, especially as they relate to human and ecosystem health.  We work for cover emerging infectious diseases, zoonoses, environmental toxins, population threats, unexplained incidents, die-offs and more.”

:: PLEASE TAKE OUR [Short] ONLINE SURVEY ::  SEE OPENING PAGE OF One Health Initiative website.

Thank you!

The autonomous pro bono One Health Initiative website was notified today (February 8, 2010) that the Participatory Epidemiology Network for Animal and Public Health (PENAPH) website www.penaph.net has been launched.   We offer our Congratulations and best wishes!

Provided by:

Saskia Hendrickx, DVM, MSc

International Livestock Research Institute

P.O. Box 30709

Nairobi, 00100 Kenya

Veterinary Practice News

New Cancer Research May Also Benefit Animals

Posted: Tuesday, February 2, 2010, 6:47 p.m., EST

http://www.veterinarypracticenews.com/vet-breaking-news/2010/02/02/new-cancer-research-may-also-benefit-animals.aspx

New literature review REQUEST from “One Health Network”

February 3, 2010

http://www.onehealthnet.be

VetsWeb.com

New insights in pigs spreading Hendra virus to humans

//02 Feb 2010

http://www.vetsweb.com/news/new-insights-in-pigs-spreading-hendra-virus-to-humans-863.html

Parasites & Vectors 2010, 3:5

Francis E G Cox

History of the discovery of the malaria parasites and their vectors

http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/pdf/1756-3305-3-5.pdf

Schistosomiasis vaccine discovery using immunomics

Patrick Driguez , Denise L Doolan , Alex Loukas , Philip L Felgner and Donald P McManus

Parasites & Vectors 2010, 3:4doi:10.1186/1756-3305-3-4

http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/3/1/4

 http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/pdf/1756-3305-3-4.pdf

The recent publication of the Schistosoma japonicum and S. mansoni genomes has expanded greatly the opportunities for post-genomic schistosomiasis vaccine research. Immunomics protein microarrays provide an excellent application of this new schistosome sequence information, having been utilised successfully for vaccine antigen discovery with a range of bacterial and viral pathogens, and malaria. Accordingly, we have designed and manufactured a Schistosoma immunomics protein microarray as a vaccine discovery tool. The microarray protein selection combined previously published data and in silico screening of available sequences for potential immunogens based on protein location, homology to known protective antigens, and high specificity to schistosome species. Following cloning, selected sequences were expressed cell-free and contact-printed onto nitrocellulose microarrays. The reactivity of microarray proteins with antisera from schistosomiasis-exposed/resistant animals or human patients can be measured with labelled secondary antibodies and a laser microarray scanner; highly reactive proteins can be further assessed as putative vaccines. This highly innovative technology has the potential to transform vaccine research for schistosomiasis and other parasitic diseases of humans and animals.

Interesting article intersecting human and animal health:

Volume 16, Number 2–February 2010

Domestic Animals and Epidemiology of Visceral Leishmaniasis, Nepal

Narayan Raj Bhattarai, Gert Van der Auwera, Suman Rijal, Albert Picado, Niko Speybroeck, Basudha Khanal, Simonne De Doncker, Murari Lal Das, Bart Ostyn, Clive Davies,¹ Marc Coosemans, Dirk Berkvens, Marleen Boelaert, and Jean-Claude Dujardin

http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/16/2/231.htm

Reprinted from Vetsweb.com

http://www.vetsweb.com/news/merial-ibd-summit-the-future-control-of-avian-diseases-852.html

Merial IBD summit: The future control of avian diseases

//27 Jan 2010

Reprinted from One Health Newsletter Winter Issue, January 2010

ProMED-mail and ONE HEALTH

 By Jack Woodall, PhD, Lawrence C. Madoff, MD, Alison Bodenheimer, MPH*, Peter Cowen, DVM, MPVM, PhD, Dipl. AVES (Hon), Thanis Damrongwatanapokin, DVM, PhD, Fabian Ekue, DVM, MSc, PhD, Tam Garland, DVM, PhD, D.ABVT, Martin Hugh-Jones, VetMB, MPH, PhD, FACE, MRCVS, Arnon Shimshony, DVM, Tom Yuill, PhD

“ProMED-mail since its inception, has espoused the “One Health” concept.”

Reprinted from One Health Newsletter Winter Issue, January 2010

http://www.doh.state.fl.us/Environment/medicine/One_Health/OHNL Winter2010.pdf

ONE WORLD, ONE HEALTH – AN UTOPIAN DREAM OR A REALITY?

By S.K. Lam, PhD

Reprinted from One Health Newsletter Winter Issue, January 2010

Influenza A Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Virus Infection in Domestic Cat  B.A. Sponseller et al.

Download PDF  http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/16/3/pdfs/09-1737.pdf  (1,137 KB, 7 pages)

Important Monograph Publication with One Health implications:

Global Disease Surveillance, Emergent Disease Preparedness, and National Security by Carleton J. Phillips, Anne M. Harrington, Terry L. Yates, Gary L. Simpson and Robert J. Baker

Museum of Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

Note: A free download, as a PDF, is available at www.nsrl.ttu.edu.

A Website Containing Important Articles of “One Health” significance:

CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USA)

Public Health Matters

The exciting public health work of preventing and controlling infectious diseases.

• National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne, and Enteric Diseases

RADM Ali S. Khan, MD, MPH (USPHS)
Assistant Surgeon General & Director (acting)
National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-borne, and Enteric Diseases
DHHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Listening to our communities and sharing stories of our passion at www.cdc.gov/nczved/blog/

New Year's Resolution: "One Health" Recognition and Implementation without delay. Protect and save human and animal life today and tomorrow!

Florida Department of Health (USA) Director of Environmental Health Division Presented One Health Paper at Doha, Qatar Scientific Program December 16, 2009 (view attached PowerPoint Slides):

Lisa Conti, DVM, MPH, Director of the Florida Department of Health’s (USA) Environmental Health Division and One Health Newsletter editorial board member, presented a talk entitled “Thé intersection between Human and Animal Health - Zoonotic Diseases” http://www.q-medec.com/brochures/Congress%20Booklet.pdf  Wednesday, December 16 as an invited speaker at the Qatar International Medical Exhibition & Congress 2009 http://www.medical-events.com/congress/q-medec-qatar-international-medical-exhibition-congress-2009 in Doha, Qatar. 

The Qatar Health Conference 2009 http://www.q-medec.com/, the first of its kind for the State of Qatar, was held in the Doha Exhibition Center, December 12-16.  Dr. Conti’s presentation was one of 12 in the "Development and Implementation of Disaster Reduction Strategies in the Middle East" Disaster Track. 

Dr. Conti focused her One Health talk on zoonoses which may be used as bioterrorist agents using slides from both Iowa State University's ‘train the trainer’ preparedness tools as well as colleagues' presentations. She also mentioned toxicological environmental and occupational health issues.  As with most other presenters in this track, the audience did not ask questions or appear to contact the speakers after the talks. The organizers established the objectives of the conference and exhibition to promote awareness of medical research, service, products and equipment and to boost the country's healthcare market.

Dr. Conti, a noted American public health veterinarian, and prominent American public health physician at Yale Medical School, Dr. Peter Rabinowitz, published a groundbreaking ‘first of its kind’ One Health book December 18, 2009 entitled Human-Animal Medicine – Clinical Approaches to Zoonoses and other Shared Health Risks http://www.us.elsevierhealth.com/product.jsp?isbn=9781416068372. 

Links between human and animal health gain new attention

 Guest Column in thé Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Sarasota, Florida (USA), December 22, 2009

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20091222/COLUMNIST/912221024/2127?Title=Links-between-human-and-animal-health-gain-new-attention

By BRUCE KAPLAN, D.V.M. Guest Columnist

Published: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at 1:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, December 21, 2009 at 8:35 p.m.

On Dec. 2, 2008, the Herald-Tribune published a guest column titled "In age of pandemics, human and animal health intersect" describing the preceding two years of progress of the "One Health Initiative," a movement to accelerate and enhance health and health care research for humans and animals, greatly increase public-health efficacy, expand the scientific knowledge base and improve patient clinical health care on a national and global scale.

At that time, few in the medical communities and general population were aware of this dynamic process and its great potential. While improved, this knowledge gap still prevails.

Physicians, veterinarians and other health science leaders of the "One Health" movement knew then that implementation will result in life-protecting and life-saving advances for health and health care worldwide. Numerous examples are documented. While the concept was promoted by visionary scientific professionals during the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, it was not until the early 21st century that its time had come to be recognized in crucial terms.

Approximately 75 percent of emerging infectious diseases affecting humans are transmissible from animals to humans (zoonos-es), i.e. of animal origin. Some pose bioterrorism threats. About 60 percent of all human pathogens are zoonotic and have become of sufficient concern as to force federal and state government public-health officials to take notice.

Examples include avian influenza viruses, AIDS, SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome), West Nile virus and many others. These signal the urgent need for human and veterinary medicine to renew and increase collaborative research efforts.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, along with the American Medical Association, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, American Veterinary Medical Association and many others around the world recognize the dire need for instituting One Health principles. This means forging co-equal, inclusive communications and scientific collaborations among physicians, veterinarians and all scientific health-related disciplines.

A One Health Commission has been established to help implement the concept and raise awareness of the importance of transcending institutional and disciplinary boundaries to improve health outcomes for all species. Moreover, the National Academy of Sciences' Board on Global Health of the Institute of Medicine and the Institute for Laboratory Animal Research of the National Research Council recently announced their intention to conduct a study of One Health in early 2010, pending adequate funding (http://www.iom.edu/en/Reports.aspx).

The Florida Department of Health's Environmental Health Division has become a significant national leader in the One Health movement by establishing a widely read One Health Newsletter Web site (http://www.doh.state. fl.us/Environment/medicine/One_Health/OneHealth.html.) Public health and clinical medicine/surgery experts in the U.S. and worldwide have been attracted to submit One Health articles. The newsletter's editorial board works in tandem with the One Health Initiative Web site, managed by a team of two physicians, a veterinarian and a Ph.D virologist-scientist (www.onehealthinitiative.com). This Web site endeavors to provide pertinent global One Health news, publications and upcoming events items.

The director of the Florida Department of Health's Environmental Health Division, Dr. Lisa Conti, a noted public health veterinarian, and physician Dr. Peter Rabinowitz, a prominent Yale Medical School public-health authority, have co-authored "Human-Animal Medicine -- Clinical Approaches to Zoonoses, Toxicants and Other Shared Health Risks," a groundbreaking One Health book for use by practitioners of medicine and veterinary medicine. The book is expected to published in mid-December.

Among other worldwide One Health activities, the first International One Health Congress meeting is being planned for Feb. 14-16, 2011, in Melbourne, Australia. Many aspects of human and animal health, the environment and global survival will be discussed by eminent international health scientists.

Hopefully, the time has come for a life-protecting, life-saving strategy that has been largely missing from the scene, yet promoted by visionary public-health leaders for centuries.

Dr. Bruce Kaplan is a Sarasota veterinarian and primary content manager of the One Health Initiative Web site.

This story appeared in print on page A8
All rights reserved. This copyrighted material may not be re-published without permission. Links are encouraged.  Permission to reprint on One Health Initiative website granted December 22, 2009 by Thomas L. Tryon, Editor, Opinion Page Sarasota Herald-Tribune.

A “One Health” Approach to Address Emerging Zoonoses: The HALI Project in Tanzania

PloS Medicine - http://www.plosmedicine.org – December 15, 2009

Jonna A. K. Mazet^1*, Deana L. Clifford¹, Peter B. Coppolillo², Anil B. Deolalikar³, Jon D. Erickson⁴, Rudovick R. Kazwala⁵

1 Wildlife Health Center, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America, 2 Wildlife Conservation Society, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America, 3 Department of Economics, University of California, Riverside, California, United States of America, 4 Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America, 5 Department of Veterinary Medicine and Public Health, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania

Jonna Mazet and colleagues describe their work in the Tanzania-based HALI Project, which adopts the “One Health” approach to address emerging zoonoses and that recognizes the interconnectedness of human, animal, and environmental health.

http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000190

"Rabies in the 21st Century - A Global Challenge", appears in Volume 27, Issue 51 of Vaccine. 

 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/issue/5188-2009-999729948-1562167

New on the AI Toolkit this week (14 – 20 December)

Case Study

Pandemic 2009 as a case study for disease surveillance and risk assessment

Using ‘Pandemic 2009’ as a case study example, Angus Nicoll for the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, discusses disease surveillance and risk assessment, and what can and cannot be assumed in the future. Also covered are vaccination issues, pressures on emergency room services, and lessons learned.

Feature Document

Surveillance for Influenza 'A' virus in animal populations: what can work?

Delivered by Professor of Veterinary Epidemiology, Colorado State University – Mo Salman – at the Influenza at the Interface between Human and Animals Conference, this presentation takes a look at surveillance systems and other prevention strategies for H5N1 in animal populations.

News

Cases of Influenza A-Infected Pigs Confirmed in Korea

Safari West cheetah first zoo animal with swine flu

More pandemic influenza A H1N1 articles released  

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE 'ONE HEALTH COMMISSION' (USA) SUMMIT IN WASHINGTON, DC ON NOVEMBER 17, 2009

European Union survey on MRSA in pigs: Spain highest contamination rate

vetsweb.com -  November 27, 2009

http://www.vetsweb.com/news/eu-survey-on-mrsa-in-pigs-spain-highest-contamination-rate-688.html

One Health Academic Programs of Importance

      Obtained from  http://phpartners.org/index.html and http://phpartners.org/veterinary.html

       Combined Master of Public Health/Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Program - College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University (Fort Collins, CO) - The College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics have created a combined 5-year program of study that can result in earning both the Masters in Public Health degree and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degrees.

       Coordinated MPH (Health Behavior) DVM (School of Veterinary Medicine) - Auburn University, School of Veterinary Medicine and University of Alabama-Birmingham School of Public Health

       Doctor of Veterinary Medicine/Master of Public Health (DVM/MPH) Joint Degree - University of Florida

       Dual Degree DVM/MPH - School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin - Madison

       DVM-MPH Degree Program - University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine

       DVM/Master of Public Health Program - Tufts University (North Grafton, MA)

       DVM/Masters of Public Health Program - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

       DVM/MPH dual degree program - College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI) - The Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine offers a DVM/MPH degree program in collaboration with the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.

       DVM/MPH Dual-Degree Program at the University of Minnesota - The Veterinary Public Health (VPH) program allows students to combine their veterinary studies at any accredited veterinary college while pursuing the M.P.H. at the University of Minnesota, School of Public Health.

       Emphasis in Infectious Disease/Zoonoses, Master of Public Health Program - Kansas State University

       Master of Preventive Veterinary Medicine - University of California- Davis - This specialized master's degree program focuses on preventive medicine, but is not an accredited public health degree.

       Master of Science in Veterinary Public Health Texas A&M - The Veterinary Epidemiology and Public Health program is administered through the Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences within the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

       Master of Veterinary Public Health - North Carolina State University

       MPH Program for Veterinarians - The University of Iowa College of Public Health and Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine

       Purdue University Graduate Certificate Program in Veterinary Homeland Security - National Biosecurity Resource Center for Animal Health Emergencies - Long-distance graduate-level program with courses certified by APHIS.

       Veterinary Public Health - University of Glasgow

       Veterinary Public Health Concentration - University of Tennessee

       Veterinary Public Health Program - The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine

The Alliance for Rabies Control's November 2009 newsletter is now available on our website at:

www.rabiescontrol.net/ARCnewsletter15.pdf 

It includes articles on a rabies control project in India, rabies risks to cavers, the early history of rabies, 

a World Rabies Day project in Congo, updates on the Alliance's Bohol rabies control project, photographs

from the 3rd World Rabies Day and various news updates about rabies and the Alliance's work.

 We have again included hyperlinks in the pdf file. Whilst reading the pdf file you can now click on the links

(highlighted by blue text) and access the linked webpages directly.

 With Best Wishes,

Deborah Briggs, Executive Director of the Alliance, 

and Louise Taylor, newsletter editor 

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19157669

Soc Sci Med. 2009 Mar;68(6):991-5. Epub 2009 Jan 20.

Animal-human connections, "one health," and the syndemic approach to prevention.

Rock M, Buntain BJ, Hatfield JM, Hallgrímsson B.

Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada. mrock@ucalgary.ca

A syndemic involves two or more afflictions that, by interacting synergistically, contribute to excess burdens of disease. A syndemic approach to prevention, meanwhile, focuses on connections among health-related problems, considers those connections when developing health policies, and aligns with forces for social change. In this short report, we expand the syndemic concept to acknowledge the extent to which animal health connects with human health and, with reference to existing publications, we demonstrate the pertinence of this expanded definition for a syndemic approach to prevention. Our demonstration assumes practical importance in relation to the concept of 'one health', which many prominent veterinary and human health scientists have recently endorsed as a sound basis for redressing human diseases, animal diseases, and environmental degradation worldwide. While social scientists have mostly ignored animal health, few 'one health' proponents have emphasized social conditions or involved social scientists. By explicitly accommodating animal-human connections in our expanded conceptualization of a syndemic, we hope to help create a space in which human health, veterinary, and social scientists may learn from one another, collaborate in research, and cooperate to clear the way for innovations in prevention.  PMID: 19157669 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Dutch call to investigate Q-fever effects in people

vetsweb.com - 13 Nov 2009

http://www.vetsweb.com/news/dutch-call-to-investigate-q-fever-effects-in-people-643.html

Eurosurveillance, Volume 14, Issue 45, 12 November 2009

 Editorials

 Antibiotic resistance in Europe: the challenges ahead  http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19405

http://researchmagazine.uga.edu/fall2009/ugaresearch-Fall-2009.pdf

Fall 2009 Issue

UGAresearch – Vol 38, No. 2 - Discovery and Innovation at the University of Georgia

See: Reference to One Health on page 9.

One Health Liaison Website Links with University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine

                                            November 4, 2009

“The University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine is emerging as a leader in interdisciplinary research into new treatments that will benefit human and animal health — the One Health/One Medicine concept.” …read more, see link below:

http://cvm.missouri.edu/news/onehealthinitiative.htm

The University of Texas School of Public Health

Invites you to a special book signing event featuring

           Newly published works from celebrated

         University of Texas School of Public Health

                        Emeritus Professors.

    Blair Justice, PhD and James H. Steele, DVM, MPH

                 Thursday, November 19, 2009

                               4 to 6 P.M.

Provided by:

Cathy Merriman

Director of Development

UT School of Public Health

1200 Herman Pressler, Suite 126

Houston, TX  77030

713-500-9059

Rabies cases a continuing threat to global public health: Ancient disease still a modern problem

The NATION’S HEALTH – American Public Health Association

http://www.apha.org/publications/tnh/current/Nov2009/Nation/RabiesNAT.htm

Provided by:

Peter J. Costa, MPH, CHES

Global Communications Coordinator

Global Alliance for Rabies Control

World Rabies Day Campaign

00 + 1.919.830.2199

peter.costa@worldrabiesday.org

www.worldrabiesday.org

IMPORTANT!  Sustaining Global Surveillance and Response to Emerging Zoonotic Diseases

http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12625

Authors:
Gerald T. Keusch, Marguerite Pappaioanou, Mila C. Gonzalez, Kimberly A. Scott, and Peggy Tsai, Editors; Committee on Achieving Sustainable Global Capacity for Surveillance and Response to Emerging Diseases of Zoonotic Origin; National Research Council
Authoring Organizations

Description:

H1N1 ("swine flu"), SARS, mad cow disease, and HIV/AIDS are a few examples of zoonotic diseases--diseases transmitted between humans and animals. Emerging zoonoses are a growing concern given multiple factors, including an increase in zoonotic disease outbreaks, their often novel ...
Read More

Confronting Infectious Diseases in an Interconnected World:

People, Animals, and the Environment

The National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne and Enteric Diseases (NCZVED)

Strategic Framework 2009 - 2014

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Mark your calendars!

Historic FIRST Joint One Health Symposium with the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) and the Society of Veterinary Tropical Medicine (SVTM) will be held Nov 21, 2009 at 3:45 p.m.

ASTMH 58th Annual Meeting

November 18-22, 2009

Washington, DC, USA

Contact: info@astmh.org

www.astmh.org

The agenda:

TITLE: One World - One Health and Intercontinental Invaders

Bob H. Bokma, DVM -  E. Paul Gibbs, BVSc, PhD - Thomas P. Monath, MD … Co-Chairs

“ONE HEALTH" APPROACH TO INVESTIGATE ZOONOTIC WATERBORNE PROTOZOAL PARASITES IN CALIFORNIA AND TANZANIA - Patricia A. Conrad, Woutrina Miller, Deana Clifford, and Jonna K. Mazet

RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS, A ZOONOTIC DISEASE OF HIGH CONSEQUENCE IN BOTH THE VETERINARY AND HUMAN HEALTH ARENAS – T.G. Ksiazek

MARINE VERTEBRATES AS SENTINELS OF EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES: ONE HEALTH LINKING LAND TO SEA - A. Alonso Aguirre

HOW WEST NILE AND AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUSES ILLUSTRATE THE CHALLENGES IN APPLYING ONE HEALTH - Samantha E. J. Gibbs

CONCURRENT DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL WEST NILE VACCINES FOR HUMANS AND EQUIDS: APPLICATION OF ONE HEALTH PRINCIPLES - Thomas P. Monath

A One Health Academy luncheon on Friday, October 23, 2009 from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon at the Capital Yacht Club, 1000 Water St., SW, Washington, DC will feature a talk by Dr. M.D. (Mo) Salman entitled   ‘Why is the "One Health/Medicine" Logo not the solution?’

Please RSVP to Deeanna Burleson at: deeburleson@gmail.com or call Deeanna at 703-303-6143.

 A Global Health Initiative (AGHI) Sponsored by Colorado State University

See power point slide presentation provided by:

Mo Salman BVMS, MPVM, PhD, DACVPM, F.A.C.E.

Professor of Veterinary Epidemiology

Campus Stop 1644

Animal Population Health Institute

College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Colorado State University

Fort Collins, CO 80523-1644

Voice message: 1.970.297.0353

Fax: 1.970.297.5228

Agriculture

  The Future of the agricultural life sciences in the Netherlands

    A vision for 2020 and beyond

Provided by:

Prof Arno N. Vermeulen, PhD

Immuno Valley

General Management & Valorisation

PO Box 80163

Yalelaan 1

3508 TD Utrecht

T +31(0)30.2531618

M +31(0)6.46311342

www.immunovalley.nl

Fall 2009 – One Health Newsletter  (USA)

 Published online October 9, 2009

http://www.doh.state.fl.us/Environment/medicine/One_Health/OneHealth.html

Call for Papers

Special Supplement on Healthy People in a Healthy Environment

For:   Public Health reports

Provided by:

Hugh M. Mainzer, MS, DVM, Dipl. ACVPM
Captain, United States Public Health Service
Chief Veterinary Officer, USPHS

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Division of Emergency and Environmental Health Services
Mailstop F-60, Building 106, Room 6124
4770 Buford Highway, NE
Atlanta, GA 30341

Ph: (1)770.488.3138
Fax:(1)770.488.7310
Hugh.Mainzer@cdc.hhs.gov  

The United States Public Health Service: Protecting, promoting, and advancing the health and safety of the Nation

  Global One Health Concerns That Demand Veterinary Attention

          “The Calvin Schwabe One Health Project is producing a new generation of veterinarians who will

be ready to lead a collaborative, transdisciplinary, multi-species effort to improve global health. With

expertise in biohazard events, food and water safety, vector-borne diseases, established and emerging

zoonotic diseases, herd health, foreign animal risks, and public health issues such as antimicrobial resistance,

these graduates will be positioned as true One Health advocates and practitioners of the future.”

See Full Text in Lead Article on One Health Newsletter - Summer Issue

http://www.doh.state.fl.us/Environment/medicine/One_Health/OHNLSummer2009.pdf

For more information, visit the Calvin Schwabe One Health Project website at:

http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/onehealth/

‘Frontiers in One Health’ seminar series (see attached flyer)

This is being offered to the School of Veterinary Medicine on the University of California, Davis campus (USA); the community of Davis and Sacramento, California, the UCDavis Medical School and Nursing School, and the public at large.

                  All Lectures Free…Open to Public

            Details Coming soon…More Speakers to Follow

Provided by:

Cheryl Scott, RN, NP, DVM, MPVM

Calvin Schwabe One Health Project

Program Director

UCDavis School of Veterinary Medicine (USA)

Deans Office Surge IV

RM 119

530.754.0324

cascott@ucdavis.edu

http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/onehealth/

http://news.canarydatabase.org/archives/25

Canary Database Project News

September 14, 2009

New Book: HUMAN-ANIMAL MEDICINE: Clinical Approaches to Zoonoses and Other Shared Health Risks

Editors: Rabinowitz, P. Conti, L.

Release Date: December 2009

ISBN-13: 978-1-4160-6837-2

ISBN-10: 1-4160-6837-6

Abstract: Human-Animal Medicine focuses on the emerging diseases that cross between animals and humans, and points out the important environmental changes related to land use, climate change, intensification of food production, and other factors that help manifest these diseases. This evidence-based practice manual is designed to help you manage a wide range of clinical problems at the intersection of human and animal health, with practical steps for implementing the concept of “One Health” in daily practice of human and veterinary medicine and public health. Develop all the skills you need to effectively manage human-animal health problems with this timely, comprehensive resource.

Link to more detail on the book.

http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bookbibliographicinfo.cws_home/720333/description

News Release

The Alliance for Rabies Control

 Rabies is Still Deadliest Disease, Yet Preventable

For Immediate Release                                                  

 Monday, September 28, 2009 

Contact: Peter Costa                                        

00 + 1.919.830.2199

peter.costa@worldrabiesday.org

Program in Emerging Infectious Diseases

Duke University Graduate Medical School - Singapore

http://kooprime.tzo.com:8089/Duke-PEID/

Duane J. Gubler, ScD, FAAAS, FIDSA

Director

Program on Emerging Infectious Disease

Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School,

8 College Road,  Singapore 169857

and

Asian Pacific Institute of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases

University of Hawaii, Honolulu

E-mail:duane.gubler@duke-nus.edu.sg

Tel:65 6516 7256

Veterinary Epidemiological Bulletin - Sri Lanka

Courtesy of Dr. Ravi Bandara Dissanayake, Editor

Tie to Pets Has Germ [MRSA] Jumping to and Fro

MRSA = Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

The New York Times

By BRENDA GOODMAN

Published: September 21, 2009

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/22/health/22mrsa.html?_r=1&em

The National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians (NASPHV) helps direct and develop uniform public health procedures involving zoonotic disease in the United States and its territories.

http://www.nasphv.org/