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Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations

Read complete article at http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/79562/icode/

Second FAO-OIE-WHO Joint Scientific Consultation on Influenza and Other Emerging Zoonotic Diseases at the Human-Animal Interface

Verona, Italy, in April 2010

Additional information is available on the agency websites:

FAO: http://www.fao.org/avianflu/en/conferences/verona_2010.html  

OIE: http://www.oie.int/for-the-media/onehealth/oie-involvement/verona/

WHO: http://www.who.int/influenza/human_animal_interface/en/  

Food Safety and One Health Issues Discussed

By Reporter Lynne Peeples – The Huffington Post

lynne.peeples@huffingtonpost.com

The second in a series investigating the complex linkages between human, animal and environmental health: The Infection Loop.

Please see: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/26/produce-contamination-illness-listeria-infection-loop_n_1033152.html or click on PDF attachment.

One health national programme across species on zoonoses: a call to the developing world

Asokan G. V., Dr1*, Vanitha Asokan, Dr2 and Prathap Tharyan, Dr3

1College of Health Sciences, Kingdom of Bahrain; 2American Mission Hospital, Kingdom of Bahrain; 3South

Asian Cochrane Network & Centre, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

Citation: Infection Ecology and Epidemiology 2011, 1: 8293 - DOI: 10.3402/iee.v1i0.8293 - Infection Ecology and Epidemiology 2011.#2011 Asokan. G. V. et al. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any

medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Note: The One Health Initiative team considers Infection Ecology and Epidemiology to be a significant One Health oriented international journal.  In addition the journal’s responsible editor: Björn Olsen, MD, a physician, is a member of the One Health Initiative website’s Honorary Advisory Board http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/advBoard.php.

Please see Important publication with free access...of significant One Health [interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary] interest:

The Infectious Disease Committee of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians (AAZV) Publishes Infectious Diseases of Concern to Captive and Free-ranging Wildlife in North America

Napier JE, Gamble KC (editors):  Infectious diseases of concern to captive and free-ranging animals in North America

1st edition. Yulee, Florida: Infectious Disease Committee, American Association of Zoo Veterinarians, 2011. 374 pp.

The publication is available online (at: http://www.aazv.org/ via http://www.aazv.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=754).

Information provided October 23, 2011 by co-editor, Dr. Gamble:

Kathryn C. Gamble DVM, MS, Dipl ACZM

Dr. Lester E. Fisher Director of Veterinary Medicine

Chair, Infectious Disease Committee, American Association of Zoo Veterinarians

Lincoln Park Zoo

2001 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL 60614

Using “Black Death” genetic tools for investigating cattle diseases?

Geni Wren, Bovine Veterinarian Magazine (USA)  |   Updated: October 18, 2011

“An international team - led by researchers at McMaster University and the University of Tubingen in Germany - has sequenced the entire genome of the Black Death, one of the most devastating epidemics in human history, according to a press release from McMaster University, Ontario, Canada. (Read the full press release here. ) ...”

Please read more: http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-news/latest/Using-Black-Death-genetic-tools-for-investigating-cattle-diseases-132014143.html or click on attachment.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration = Positive One Health impact...

Strategic Plan for Regulatory Science

See more:  http://www.fda.gov/ScienceResearch/SpecialTopics/RegulatoryScience/ucm267719.htm

Center of Excellence for Emerging and Zoonotic Animal Diseases (CEEZAD) -  http://www.ceezad.org/

Review: Essay on History of One Medicine (One Health) “Medicine and Species: One Medicine, One History?”  contained within “The Oxford Handbook of History of Medicine”

Please see Publications:  http://www.ceezad.org/resources/publication.html via Attachment

By Robert E. Kahn, PhD

Educational Consultant

Center of Excellence for Emerging and Zoonotic Animal Diseases (CEEZAD)

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas (USA)

GRF One Health Summit 2012

One Health - One Planet - One Future

Risks and Opportunities

International Conference 19-23 February 2012, Davos, Switzerland  

3rd Announcement - Programme & Exhibition

Please see attachment and http://www.grforum.org/pages_new.php/One-Health/1013/1/938/