3067.0 Animal- Human Surveillance, Emerging Infections, and issue of concern to Veterinary Public Health

Monday, November 8, 2010: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Oral
This is a combined session of previously proposed sessions addressing topics of surveillance and emerging infections
Session Objectives: 1. Describe surveillance systems that assist with public health decison making. 2. List emerging infections that present challenges to Public Health practioners 3. Dicuss why emerging infection require monitoring and surveillance
Moderator:
James E. Dale, DVM, MPH, MBA

8:30am
Using geospatial analysis to monitor health disparities in people and cats across urban neighborhoods
Gary Patronek, VMD, PhD
     
8:45am
Cryptococcus gattii: Surveillance for an emerging infection in Oregon and Washington
Emilio DeBess, DVM, MPVM
  
9:00am
Effect of sample volume, storage temperature, and culture medium on Brucella melitensis isolation from goat milk
J. A. Zambriski, DVM, Certificate in International Veterinary Medicine
     
9:15am
Recurring and emerging trends in pesticide exposure incidents among pets reported to the National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC)
Kaci Buhl, MS and Dave Stone, PhD
        
9:30am
Pork industry intensification and the changing ecology and epidemiology of swine-origin influenza
Michael Greger, MD
        

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Veterinary Public Health

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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