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1
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What is the main goal of public health?

A

promotes and protects the health of people and the communities where they live, learn, work, and play. Protects populations of people from diseases.

2
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What is the official definition of Public health?

A

contribution to the complete physical, mental, and social well-being of humans through an understanding and application of veterinary medical science.

3
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What is the origin of most food borne diseases?

A

Animals (even if the contaminated food is spinach or tomatoes)

4
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What are zoonoses?

A

diseases with animal reservoirs.

5
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Zoonoses account for what percentage of emerging diseases?

A

75%

6
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SARS originally affected who?

A

Bats, it was a coronavirus.

7
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How was SARS spread?

A

person-to-person aerosol spread.

8
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What things accelerated the spread of ebola?

A

funerals and sexual practices (its sexually transmitted) .

9
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How do animal diseases that are not zoonotic have human repercussions?

A

loss of domestic animals used for food, economic cost, unemployment, depression, suicide.

10
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How does Public health affect daily clinical practice?

A

advising clients about zoonotic diseases, keeping staff free from zoonotic diseases, USDA accreditation, rabies quarantine/exams, deciding which tx and vaccines to use

11
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What is epizootiology?

A

The study of the distribution and determinants of disease and other health outcomes in animal populations.

12
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What careers are available in vet public health?

A

federal, state, and local government, academic institutions, private non-profit institutions, private business, pharmaceutical companies, labs, etc.