Surveillance, Encompassing Public Health to Your Animal Companion

Health enhancement and companion animal ownership.

The relationship between people and companion animals, on the one hand, explains the bites and zoonotic diseases that occur among those with companion animals and, on the other hand, appears to enhance the psychological and physiological well-being of many people. Presently, no less than 56% of households in the United States have animals, typical of developed countries around the world. It is ...

Animal Health Markets and Opportunities: Companion Animal Landscape

M.J. Rathbone and A. McDowell (eds.), Long Acting Animal Health Drug Products: Fundamentals and Applications, Advances in Delivery Science and Technology, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-4439-8_2, © Controlled Release Society 2013 Abstract In the future, the global market for companion animal health products is expected to further grow and become more specialized. The major drivers will be the continued...

Public Health Surveillance

Introduction to Public Health Surveillance Course

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Animal Surveillance: Use of Animal Health Data to Improve Global Disease Surveillance

Introduction Since the majority of emerging infectious diseases over the past several decades have been zoonotic, animal health surveillance is now recognized as a key element in predicting public health risks. Surveillance of animal populations can provide important early warnings of emerging threats to human populations from bioterrorism or naturally occurring infectious disease epidemics. Th...