Research in veterinary environmental hygiene]

The course of development of the initial subject "Veterinary Hygiene" to the reduction and specialization limited to "Animal Hygiene" and the recent extension into the broad field of environmental hygiene is described. This is done with reference to books and other publications which point the way ahead for research of veterinary medicine in environmental hygiene and thus prove the increasing importance of that subject. A survey is given over current German research in that field, future demands as well as the necessary extension of environmental hygiene in graduate and post-graduate teaching of veterinary students as well as further professional training of veterinarians.     

良好兽医公共卫生体系的建立

兽医公共卫生工作事关畜禽产品、水产品国际竞争力,事关农业增效、农民增收和小康社会的全面建设,还事关人民群众的健康和生活质量的提高。兽医公共卫生与动物性食品安全息息相关,做好兽医公共卫生工作,对于保障动物性食品安全,保障人民群众的身体健康具有重要意义。     

搭建一体化的兽医公共卫生学交流平台——中国畜牧兽医学会兽医公共卫生学分会成立大会暨第一次学术研讨会在沪召开

5月22-23日，在中国农科院上海兽医研究所召开了中国畜牧兽医学会兽医公共卫生学分会成立大学暨第一次学术研讨会．学界精英会聚一堂，国内外专家坦诚对话、人医与兽医密切交流、产学研紧密合作，堪称一体化的交流平台。     

Requirements for the education, continuing education and additional education in the area of veterinary environmental hygiene]

In view of the future of our profession it is required urgently to improve the education, continue studies and special training in the field of veterinarian environmental hygiene energetically. At this the both subjects "Animal hygiene" and "Foodstuffs hygiene" combined with the epidemiology are the central nucleus. To make plain the veterinarian engagement in this field it is proposed to introduce, a lecture in ecology and to designate the subject "Animal hygiene" in future as "Environment and animal hygiene".     

Toward harmonization of the European food hygiene/veterinary public health curriculum

Prompted by developments in the agri-food industry and associated recent changes in European legislation, the responsibilities of veterinarians professionally active in veterinary public health (VPH), and particularly in food hygiene (FH), have increasingly shifted from the traditional end-product control toward longitudinally integrated safety assurance. This necessitates the restructuring of university training programs to provide starting competence in this area for veterinary graduates or a sub-population of them. To date, there are substantial differences in Europe in the way in which graduate programs in FH/VPH are structured and in the time allocated to this important curricular group of subjects. Having recognized this, the European Association of Establishments for Veterinary Education (EAEVE) recently instituted a working group to analyze the current situation, with a view to produce standard operating procedures allowing fair and transparent evaluations of universities/faculties constituting its membership and in concurrence with explicit European legislation on the professional qualifications deemed necessary for this veterinary discipline. This article summarizes the main conclusions and recommendations of the working group and seeks to contribute to the international efforts to optimize veterinary training in FH/VPH.     

Veterinary medicine and environmental hygiene--20 years of seminars on environmental hygiene]

The changes of the environment after industrialization since 1965 influenced some political decisions concerning a critical evaluation of such development which may injure the environment. The School of Veterinary Medicine Hannover discussed in that time how the problems could be met by establishing a postgraduate stadium of environmental sciences. These ideas were realized, starting with seminars in the first year for one week, later for one or two days periods (Table). Postgraduate students and interested veterinarians with questions arising from their occupation participated in the seminars. The main topics of the seminars referred to effects of chemical, physical and biological influences from the environment upon farm animals and vice versa that part of animal housing which is involved in the harmful changes of the environment.     

Modern trends in veterinary public health

The veterinary profession and its contribution to public health should expand in breadth, depth and flexibility to respond to the changing needs of community and society. This longstanding issue is still the subject of controversy between on the one hand those whose scientific activities contribute to our knowledge of food and environmental hygiene, enteric infections, food-borne diseases and zoonoses in general, and on the other the all too numerous traditionalists (even within the profession) who resist the venture of veterinarians into new territories and resent involvement in public health. Veterinarians are ideally suited to function in public health because of their orientation to populations, disease prevention, and the economic implications of disease.     

The veterinary profession and meat hygiene in New Zealand

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The previous speakers in this symposium have already dealt with many aspects of this important New Zealand industry. I. G. Watt, in particular, has broadly outlined the role of the Meat Division within the Department of Agriculture as it applies to the industry and allied fields. The purpose of this paper is to present the very important role that the veterinarian has to play in assuring the quality of foodstuffs derived from the New Zealand livestock industry.