Zoonoses and human health
April 25, 2008
An article in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association discusses the grant given by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to Washington State University for the recently formed School of Global Animal Health. The school is “focused on improving human health and well-being by better control of animal diseases,” according to director Guy Palmer, as quoted in the article.
“Network of Lab Robotics Stop Livestock Disease” on ThePoultrySite.com discusses the use of robotics in veterinary diagnostic laboratories, especially in Kansas.
SUNY at Albany’s SPH Center for Public Health Preparedness has an archived webcast on “Agroterrorism: Managing Foreign & Emerging Animal Diseases” (originally broadcast Oct. 12, 2006)
World Health Organization information on “Zoonoses and veterinary public health.”
Entry Filed under: Laboratory information, news. Tags: animal health, Gates Foundation, human health, zoonoses.
The National Laboratory Training Network is a training system sponsored by the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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