The future of training for aquatic animal health veterinarians.

The role and mandate of the World Organisation for Animal Health in veterinary education.

The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), which was created in 1924 under the name Office International des Epizooties, is in charge of setting international standards and guidelines for animal health and welfare. The original aim of the Organisation was to control the international spread of infectious animal diseases, but this aim has expanded over the years and now the OIE has a global...

Essential veterinary education in fish health and disease: a global perspective.

Fish are the largest class of vertebrates, with over 25,000 estimated species and subspecies. Fish have evolved unique anatomical and physiological adaptations, when compared to terrestrial vertebrates, for life in a range of aquatic environments. Interest in aquatic animal health has been recorded in Eastern and Western cultures for more than 2,000 years. In recent times, there has been an inc...

Conceptualization of the dynamics and synergistic partnership between the agri-food production chain and public health veterinarians

The roles of veterinarians in meeting the challenges of health and welfare of livestock and global food security

Predicted trends in the supply and demand of veterinarians in Japan.

Currently in Japan, there are 32,000 active veterinarians, mainly engaged in small and large animal practice and public animal health and public health services. In the face of the notable increase in recent years in the proportion of female students enrolled in veterinary schools and in the number of households with companion animals, a model was developed to predict the supply and demand of v...