Veterinary Medicine and Public Health at CDC

Details

• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Supplement
• Personal Author:
  King, Lonnie J.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne, and Enteric Diseases
• Description:
  People readily associate the role of veterinarians with private Veterinary practice focused on pets and farm animals, but the true dimensions and contributions of Veterinary medicine are much broader and reflect expanding societal needs and contemporary challenges to animal and human health and to the environment. Veterinary medicine has responsibilities in biomedical research; ecosystem management; public health; food and agricultural systems; and care of companion animals, wildlife, exotic animals, and food animals. The expanding role of veterinarians at CDC reflects an appreciation for this variety of contributions. Veterinarians' educational background in basic biomedical and clinical sciences compare with that of physicians. However, unlike their counterparts in human medicine, veterinarians must be familiar with multiple species, and their training emphasizes comparative medicine. Veterinarians are competent in preventive medicine, population health, parasitology, zoonoses, and Epidemiology, which serve them well for careers in public health. The History and tradition of the profession always have focused on protecting and improving both animal health and human health.
• Subjects:
  Animals CDC / History Communicable Disease Control History, 20th Century History, 21st Century Public Health / History Veterinary Medicine / History Zoonoses
• Source:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Supplement, 2006; v.55, p. 7-9 (5 pdf pages)
• Series:
  Supplements: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  2380-8950 (print) ; 2380-8942 (digital)
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Name as Subject:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Genre:
  Historical Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  p. 7-9 (5 pdf pages)
• Volume:
  55
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:26e802fd4742477d06cc435839990ef3fc757547521e28f7c9baa99c71b1362d94dfcf0cec8628a4d2419fb2eee556c3ad90d73bf736b4c7ded508157dbaac41
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/106194/cdc_106194_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 156.06 KB ]