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The role of the veterinarian in natural disaster
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July 1964
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Description:This report on "The Role of the Veterinarian in National Disaster" was prepared for the Division of Health Mobilization by the Veterinary Public Health Section of the Communicable Disease Center.
Following a disaster, veterinarians will continue in those activities that relate most directly to human welfare. Public health activities will become more important. A major public health responsibility of veterinarians will be to con serve animal sources of human food to insure a continuing food supply for the surviving population. Veterinarians, when necessary, will assume responsibility for providing medical care to populations located in shelters or in other locations during the immediate post attack period. In the event that numbers of human sick and injured are too great to be cared for by the available physicians, veterinarians will provide care, limited by their individual abilities and the needs of the population. Para-veterinary personnel will continue in many of their usual activities, such as food inspection, while others may be utilized as nurse substitutes, etc.
Prepared by U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Public Health Service Division of Health Mobilization under contract with Office of Civil Defense, Department of the Army.
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