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ASSIGNMENT
ON

Scope of Veterinary Public Health

Submitted To: Submitted By:
Dr. C. V. Savalia Jalpa G Chauhan
VPH-601
Professor & Head M.V.Sc Scholar
Dept. of Vet. Public health Dept. of Livestock Products
& Epidemiology Technology

Department of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology

Vanbandhu College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry
Navsari Agricultural University
Navsari – 396 450

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 Index

• Introduction
• Definition
• Scope
• Reference

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 Introduction

• INTRODUCTION
Definitions
In 1975, VPH was defined by a Joint FAO/WHO
Expert Committee on Veterinary Public Health as :
“ A component of public health activities devoted to the
application of professional veterinary skills,
knowledge and resources to the protection and
improvement of human health”

(FAO/WHO, 1975)
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 Definition

• The WHO Expert Committee on Public Health

Administration (1952) has defined public health as
“the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging
life, and promoting health and efficiency through
organized community efforts.”

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 Scope
• The scope of VPH is multidisciplinary
• It involves not only veterinarians in governmental,
nongovernmental and private sectors.
• But also other professionals such as physicians, nurses,
microbiologists, environmental specialists, sanitarians,
food technologists, agricultural scientists,
paraveterinary staff and auxiliaries who contribute to
the treatment, control and prevention of diseases of
animal origin.

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 VPH Main Components
1. Surveillance
2. Hygienic reqirements and formulation of
criteria and guidelines.
3. Effective implantation of measures.
4. Methods of control HACCP
5. Education and training of Professionals.
6. Research

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 VPH Covers the activities in the following area

1. Zoonoses and their control

There are more than 300 zoonotic disease. Zoonotic disease which
naturally shared between man and animal.

2. Food Hygiene
Prevention and control of food-borne-infection and intoxication
particularly those communicated through consumption of
milk,meat,egg & fish and their products.

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3. Animal Protection and food protection

Good managemental care to be taken during production of

healthy animals for the milk,meat etc. Preservation of food in
order to prevent spoilage and food losses.

4. Enviromental Hygiene

Effect of industrial waste,pollution on the health of animals

and ultimetly human beings

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5. Public education and training

6. Collaborative activities
Between Public Health and Veterinary research
laboratories and diagnostic services to carry out
surveillance of disease and their surveillance of disease and
their epidemiology.

7. Use of animal model for human diseases.

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 The core domains of VPH
• Diagnosis, surveillance, epidemiology, control, prevention and
elimination of zoonoses

• Food protection

• Management of health aspects of laboratory animal facilities

and diagnostic laboratories

• Biomedical research

• Health education and extension

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• Production and control of biological products and

medical devices.
• Management of domestic and wild animal
populations
• Protection of drinking-water and the environment
• Management of public health emergencies.

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Specific emerging domains in VPH that relate
to public health

• Investigation, epidemiology and control of non-

zoonotic, communicable diseases.
• Social, behavioural and mental aspects of human–
animal relationships (including animal-facilitated
therapy and development of animal welfare
standards).
• Epidemiology and prevention of non-infectious
diseases (including the promotion of healthy
lifestyles)
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• Leadership, management and administration of public

health and environmental agencies, including government
institutions, private sector organizations and academic
institutions.

• Risk analysis, health economics, cost–benefit, cost–

analysis, effectiveness analysis and other methods of
evaluating health service delivery and public health
programmes.

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• The social context of delivery of VPH services,
services, especially to women in rural areas who have
traditionally been underserved by veterinary services,
yet who have great potential for preventing zoonotic
diseases and diseases of animal origin.

• VPH contributes to many areas of public health that are

not related to animals, including the design and analysis
of public health programmes

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 Reference

• FAO/WHO. 1975. The veterinary contribution to

public health practice. Report of the joint FAO/WHO
expert committee on Veterinary Public Health. WHO
Technical Report Series No. 573, WHO, Geneva.

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