Table of Contents
Foreword ........................................................................................................................................ vii
Preface ........................................................................................................................................... ix
Contributors ................................................................................................................................... xi
Acknowledgements ........................................................................................................................ xiii
1 One Health
Goals & Objectives .........................................................................................................................1
1. Animals, Health, & Society: A One Health Approach ................................................................5
2. Frontiers in One Health ..............................................................................................................9
3. The Human, Wildlife, & Livestock Interface: An Evolving Concern ........................................15
4. Maintaining Healthy Communities: A Population Approach......................................................23
5. Global Policy Issues for Transboundary Livestock Diseases......................................................25
6. A Veterinary Assistant’s Role in an Animal Health Emergency..................................................31
2
Public Health
Goals & Objectives .........................................................................................................................35
1. Epidemiology & Animal Diseases ..............................................................................................39
2. Catastrophic Diseases Around the World ...................................................................................47
3. Surveillance of Animal Populations ..........................................................................................53
4. Global Disease Detectives ..........................................................................................................59
5.Diagnostic Tests: Tools for Screening & Surveillance ...............................................................67
3 Global Food Safety, Security, & Defense
Goals & Objectives .........................................................................................................................75
1. Trends & Challenges for Global Food Security, Food Safety, & Food Defense.........................79
2. The Food Production Chain: How Food Gets Contaminated .....................................................83
3. Surveillance of Foodborne Pathogens in People ........................................................................87
4. Foodborne Outbreak Investigation: A Case Study ......................................................................91
5. Trade Policy & Food Security ....................................................................................................103
4 Biomedical Research
Goals & Objectives .........................................................................................................................105
1. Research: Basic or Translational ................................................................................................109
2. The Use of Animals in Biomedical Research: Improving Human & Animal Health .................113
3. Ethics & Animal Welfare.............................................................................................................119
4. Host-Pathogen Interactions .........................................................................................................123
5. Countermeasure Development: Biologicals................................................................................129
5
Ecosystem Health
Goals & Objectives .........................................................................................................................133
1. Environmental Degradation & Sustainability .............................................................................137
2. Wildlife Disease Dynamics .........................................................................................................139
3. Global Warming: The Resurgence of Infectious Diseases ..........................................................145
4. Environmental Concerns & Infectious Diseases ........................................................................149