Main description:

This book introduces and reviews the essential principles of Veterinary Public Health, Zoonoses, One Health, principles and applications of epidemiology in studying infectious diseases including foodborne infections and intoxications.

The initial chapters discuss the concept and principal functions of Veterinary Public Health. The book further covers the impacts of Veterinary Public Health on human Health particularly in management of zoonoses.

The following section discusses theapplication of epidemiology in the study of outbreaks, epidemic, pandemics and their prevention and control strategies. It helps understanding the factors associated with disease causation transmission and spread and also investigate the emergence of antimicrobial resistance.

The chapter on foodborne illnesses illustrates how the knowledge of epidemiology is applied in the study of diseases in community, spread of causative agents from farm to fork. The definition, cause, symptoms, management, control and prevention of foodborne infection and intoxication are dealt with.

The last chapter introduces the concept, objectives, and definition of One Health and discusses the advancements made and challenges in One Health around endemic and emerging zoonotic diseases.

Contents:

Veterinary Public Health

* Definitions

* Veterinary Public Health

* Principal functions

* Newer areas of activities

* VPH Research and Education

ONE HEALTH

* The concept

* The objective

* Definition

* Ecology and evolution

* How to make this concept workable?

* Methods of Disease control and prevention

EPIDEMIOLOGY

* Introduction

* Ecological Concept

* Causation of disease

* Agent, Host and Environmental Factors

* Disease Transmission

* Disease Distribution in Population

* Strategies of Epidemiology

* Measures of Disease

* Measurement of Causal association

* Diagnostic test and its evaluation

* Prevention, Control and Eradication

* Investigation of an outbreak

* Sampling Techniques

* Data in Epidemiology

* Economics of Disease

* Surveillance

* Office International des Epizooties (OIE)

* Appendices

* I- Farm records to be given to students after examining their questions demanding the specific information.

* II- Websites, software and apps useful for Disease Surveillance and intervention

* Reference

* Glossary

FOOD BORNE INFECTION & INTOXICATION

Investigation of Foodborne outbreak - Source attribution

Viral infections

1. Norwalk,

2. Hepatitis A and

3. Hepatitis E

4. Rota virus

5. PRIONS/BSE

Bacterial infection & intoxication

1. Salmonellosis

2. Escherchia coli

3. Klebsiella

4. Aeromonas hydrophila

5. Staphylococcus spp.

5. Streptococcus suis

6. Clostridium perfringens

7. Botulism

8. Campylobacteria

9. L. monocytogenes

10. Bacillus cereus

Food borne parasites

Entamoeba histolytica

Cyclospora cayetanensis