Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Organisation of veterinary public health in the western Pacific region.
- Journal:
- Revue scientifique et technique (International Office of Epizootics)
- Year:
- 1991
- Authors:
- Wilks, C R & Madie, P
- Affiliation:
- Massey University
Plain-English summary
This study looked at how veterinary public health is organized in countries across the Western Pacific region, which includes a variety of landscapes, population sizes, farming methods, and disease rates. Despite these differences, there is a shared understanding of how crucial veterinary public health is for ensuring safe food and managing diseases that can spread from animals to humans. However, not every country can invest as much as they would like into these efforts due to limitations in money, social factors, and available staff.
Abstract
Information on veterinary public health organisation and activities was obtained from government sources in countries located in the Western Pacific region. This region has a wide range of geographical features, population densities, farming practices, social structures and disease prevalences. In spite of this variation, there is common agreement on the importance of veterinary public health both for the provision of safe food and for the control of zoonotic diseases. Not all countries, however, are able to put all the resources they would wish into these activities; financial, social and personnel constraints are recognised.
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