ANS153: Animal Health and Diseases (Libucha)

Animal Health and Diseases 

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One area of growing interest among many veterinarians is the concept of One Health, which involves problems posed by zoonotic diseases, diseases that are endemic to nonhuman animals, but that are relatively easily transmitted to humans. Many public health authorities are convinced that zoonotic diseases may be the greatest public health problem among humans in the twenty-first century. Beginning in the mid-twentieth century, a group of veterinarians took the lead in developing mechanisms by which medical experts across all species lines could begin working together to develop a better understanding of the nature of zoonotic diseses, the mechanisms by which they are transmitted across species, and the ways in which veterinarians, physicians, and other health and medical specialists could work together on these issues. Developed originally by members of the veterinary profession, One Health has now become a powerful movement throughout the health and medical profession in the United States and around the world. (Newton, David E. "Veterinary Medicine." The Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health, edited by Laurie J. Fundukian, vol. 2, Gale, 2013, pp. 961-964. Gale eBooks, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX2760500260/GVRL?u=mlin_s_bristcc&sid=bookmark-GVRL&xid=600675f0. Accessed 29 Sept. 2025.)