Veterinary Public Health (VPH): BULLETIN NUMBER: VPH122-May04

Veterinary Public Health (VPH) is defined as “The contributions to the physical, mental and social well-being of humans through an understanding and application of veterinary science” [WHO/FAO/OIE definition 1999]. Human health, animal husbandry and animal health are closely connected and VPH is a fundamental part of public health whereby human health and well-being are the main objectives. VPH is multidisciplinary and contributes to many areas of public health that are not always related to animals. In order to integrate veterinary public health into the goals of public health, it is essential to improve collaboration between human and veterinary medical science, environmental science and other related fields - in accordance with ‘one health’ principles.

NEWS

LATEST OUTBREAKS – VPH ASIA (Indonesia): Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 May 3, 2011. Recently, the livestock and animal health official of East Kalimantan province reported that around 20, 000 birds of kampong chicken in Kutai Kertanegara district were dead because of H5N1 HPAI [...] EUROPE (United Kingdom): Tuberculosis April 28, 2011. Eighty dairy cows on the farm near Penrith have already been slaughtered and a further 20 are to be slaughtered next week as TB hits Cumbrian farm [...] To view reported cases of animal diseases visit the EMPRES-i website. EMPRES-i is a global animal health information system of the FAO's EMPRES programme that focuses on the user need to easily find and collect in one place all the information available for animal health and transboundary animal diseases. EMPRES-i compiles, stores and verifies animal diseases outbreaks data (including zoonoses) from numerous sources (e.g. FAO representatives, FAO reports, OIE reports, official government, European Commission, FAO reference centres and laboratories) for early warning and risk analysis. LATEST NEWS – FOOD SAFETY More melamine-tainted milk powder uncovered in China April 27, 2011.  China is facing yet another case of melamine contamination after police seized 26 tonnes of tainted milk powder from an ice cream manufacturer [...] US Meat and Poultry Is Widely Contaminated With Drug-Resistant Staphylococcus Bacteria, Study Finds Drug-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus, a bacterium linked to a wide range of human diseases are present in meat and poultry from U.S. grocery stores at unexpectedly high rates, according to a nationwide study by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) [...] Occurrence of Campylobacter on Eggshells – Source of Foodborne Infection? Researchers in Bavaria suggest that the presence of thermo-tolerant Campylobacter on four per cent of the eggshells they tested may be a missing link for foodborne infections [...] OTHER NEWS EU to target antimicrobial resistance in 2012 May 3, 2011. When Denmark takes over the EU Presidency on 1 January 2012, antimicrobial resistance will be a priority, especially for pig farmers [...] New journal addresses infection between animals and humans Co-Action Publishing announces the launch of a new peer reviewed open access journal, Infection Ecology & Epidemiology [...] ONE HEALTH NEWS 1st International One Health Congress (14 – 16 February 2011) Summary [...] New journal: Infection Ecology & Epidemiology Co-Action Publishing announces the launch of a new peer reviewed open access journal, Infection Ecology & Epidemiology. The new journal addresses infection between animals and humans [...] One health: the small companion animal dimension.  Veterinary Record 167, 847-849 [...] One Health News [...] One Health Newsletter [...] ANNOUNCEMENTS First Announcement - Colloquium on Zoonoses and Neglected Infectious Diseases of Africa This colloquium organised jointly by the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM, Belgium) and the Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases of the University of Pretoria (DVTD, South-Africa) will be held from 1 to 4 November 2011 at Johannesburg, South Africa. The deadline for abstract submission is 15 May 2011 [...] JEMRA – Call for Data and Experts on Food borne parasitic Diseases JEMRA, the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meetings on Microbiological Risk Assessment calls for data and experts on food borne parasitic diseases - Deadline 31st July 2011 [...] Towards Global Health Equity: Opportunities and Threats 2012 - Call for Abstracts The 13th Triennial World Congress on Public Health would be held at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from April 21-29, 2012. Abstract Submission Deadline is Friday, October 21, 2011, Midnight Pacific [...] IV International Giardia and Cryptosporidium Conference 2012 Organisers have announced the IV International Giardia and Cryptosporidium conference that would be held at Wellington, New Zealand from 30th January to 3rd February 2012 [...] 15th International Congress on Infectious Diseases 2012 Bangkok has been selected by the International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID) as the venue for the 15th International Congress on Infectious Diseases in June 13-16, 2012. The deadline for the submission of abstracts would be February 12, 2012 [...] AGA e-newsletter To receive regular updates by email on all issues relating FAO's work on animal production and health, subscribe to the AGA e-newsletter. It contains information on upcoming events, publications, programme activities, articles and press releases [Click here to subscribe]

EVENTS

1. May 17-20, 2011. International Conference on Animal Health Surveillance at Lyon, France [...] 2. June 8-10, 2011. First International Conference on Emerging Zoonoses and VI Congreso Argentino de Zoonosis at Buenos Aires, Argentina [...] 3. June 12-15, 2011. International Symposium on Emerging and Re-emerging Pig Diseases at Barcelona, Spain [...] 4. June 13-17, 2011. Role, Impact and Welfare of working animals at FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy [...] 5. June 20-22, 2011. Safe Pork Conference 2011 at Maastricht, The Netherlands [...] 6. July 8-10, 2011. ISID-Neglected Tropical Diseases meeting 2011 at Boston [...] 7. July 10-13, 2011. 4th Biennial Australian Animal Studies Group Conference 2011 – “Animals, People – a Shared Environment” at Brisbane, Qld Australia [...] 8. July 26-29, 2011. 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Animal Agriculture for Developing Countries at Nachonratchasima, Thailand [...] 9. August 21-25, 2011. 23rd. International Conference of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology would be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina [...] 10. August 31-September 1, 2011. International Symposium on EID and Zoonoses at Shanghai [...] 11. September 7-9, 2011. Global Conference on Rabies Control: Towards Sustainable Prevention at the Source at Seoul [...] 12. September 7-9, 2011. 1st International Congress on Pathogens at the Human-Animal Interface (ICOPHAI): Impact, Limitations, and Needs in Developing Countries at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia [...] 13. September 7-9, 2011. 6th European Congress of Bovine Health Management at Liege, Belgium [...] 14. September 14-18, 2011. XXIVth World Congress of Hydatidology at Urumqi, China [...] 15. October 10-14, 2011. 30th World Veterinary Congress 2011 “Caring for Animals: Healthy Communities” at Cape Town, South Africa [...] 16. October 15-19, 2011. IDF World Dairy Summit 2011 at Parma, Italy [...] 17. October 16-21, 2011. 22nd International Conference on Rabies in the Americas (RITA) in San Juan, Puerto Rico [...] 18. October 27, 2011. 27th meeting of the task force on zoonoses data collection at Rome [...] 19. October 27-29, 2011. The Second Chinese Veterinary Conference 2011 2011 at Xiamen, Fujian Province [...] 20. November 21-24 2011. 2nd World Conference on Biological Invasions and Ecosystem Functioning at Mar del Plata, Argentina [...]

PUBLICATIONS

1. The Emergence of Staphylococcus aureus ST398 [...] 2. Outbreak of Q fever, Florac, Southern France, Spring 2007 [...] 3. Prevalence of Three Zoonotic Babesia Species in Ixodes ricinus (Linné, 1758) Nymphs in a Suburban Forest in Switzerland [...] 4. A Comparison of Clinical and Epidemiological Characteristics of Fatal Human Infections with H5N1 and Human Influenza Viruses in Thailand, 2004–2006 [...] 5. Challenges of global surveillance during an influenza pandemic [...] 6. Live Bird Markets of Bangladesh: H9N2 Viruses and the Near Absence of Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Influenza [...] 7. The Newsletter of The Global Alliance for Rabies Control [...] 8. H5N1 HPAI Global Overview – January/March 2011 [...] 9. Update on human cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) virus infection, 2010 [...] 10. H5N1 Disease Comparisons [...] 11. The WVA veterinary schools and faculties database [...] 12. International Veterinary Information Service [...]

TRAINING

EMPLOYMENT

1. FAO – Programme Officer (FAOR Network), Santiago, Chile – Closing date: May 5, 2011 [...] 2. FAO – Food Safety and Quality Officer, Rome, Italy – Closing date: May 22, 2011 [...] 3. FAO – Food Security Officer, Rome, Italy – Closing date: May 30, 2011 [...]