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   Veterinary Public Health in a Global Economy
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   In Tribute to the late Martin Kaplan, VMD
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Veterinary Public Health in a Global Economy

The Livestock Revolution, Sustainable Development, Zoonotic Disease

The entire conference can be viewed as streaming video or streaming audio by selecting the video and audio links on the speaker pages. Note that webcast requires RealPlayer to view and speakers or audio MP3 player to listen.

Session One: Changing Risk Factors in Veterinary Public Health
Moderator - Joan Hendricks, Dean, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine

Henning Steinfeld
Global Livestock Sector Trends and Implications for the Veterinary Profession
Cees de Haan
The Main Environmental and Health Impact of the Livestock Revolution
Stephen Kobrin
Globalization: What Caused It and How Will the Story End?
Discussion
audio (MP3 format, 36 min)
video (RealVideo format, 36 min)

Session Two: The Changing Face of Global Food Production and Delivery
Moderator - Bob Marshak, Dean Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine

Edward Kanara
The Global Animal Health Industry - Active Partner in Protecting Public Health
David Galligan
Attributes of Technologies in Animal Agriculture
Candace Jacobs
Crossing Borders: Social Implications with the Rise of US Supermarkets in Latin America
Rich Langan
Opportunities and Challenges for Farming the Deep Blue
Doyle Waybright
Look, No Hands
Discussion
audio (MP3 format, 8 min)
video (RealVideo format, 8 min)

Session Three: Perceptions of Modern Production Systems
Moderators - Tom Parsons and James Serpell, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine

Paul Thompson
The Sea Change for Animal Welfare in Livestock Production: Implications for Producers, Consumers and Public Health
Sandra Cointreau
Animal Waste
David Harlan
Global Food Systems - Challenges & Opportunities
Shelly Rankin
The Global Impact of Multiple Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria
Greg W. BeVier
What the Future Will Bring and How We Get Ready
 

Session 4A: Emerging Threats from Zoonotic, Non-Zoonotic, and Food Borne Disease
Moderator - Hilary Koprowski, M.D., Professor of Immunology, Thomas Jefferson University

Bruno Chomel
Wildlife Diseases - Emerging and Re-emerging Zoonoses from Wildlife Reservoirs
Darin Carroll
Ecological Investigations into Sylvatic Reservoirs of Human Monkeypox and Other Viral Zoonoses
Chuck Rupprecht
Globalization, Zoonoses, and the Rabies Paradigm
Lin-Fa Wang
Bats and Emergence of SARS

Session 4B: Emerging Threats from Zoonotic, Non-Zoonotic, and Food Borne Diseases
Moderator - Peter Kaplan, M.D., Dept. of Neurology, Johns Hopkins Medical School

Vincent Martin
Avian Influenza, Farming and Cultural Practices
Ilaria Capua
Avian Influenza: the Moving Target
Bruce Rideout
Avian Influenza at the Wildlife-Human-Domestic Animal Interface
Leslie Real
Causes and Consequences of Ebola Virus Emergence in Central Africa
Gary Smith
The Impact of Non-Zoonotic Animal Disease Epidemics on Public Health and Well Being
Discussion
audio (MP3 format, 26 min)
video (RealVideo format, 26 min)

Session 5: Global Responses
Moderator - Alan M. Kelly, Dean Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine

Lonnie King
Addressing Contemporary Public Health Issues Through CDC's National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne & Enteric Diseases
Corrie Brown
International Efforts in Early Detection, Surveillance and Response
Francois Meslin
New Approaches to the Control of Zoonotic Diseases
Hugh Mainzer
The Role of Environmental Systems in Applied Preventive Medicine: Responsibilities and Opportunities for the Veterinary Public Health Practitioner
Alan M. Kelly
Summary and Closing
audio (MP3 format, 26 min)
video (RealVideo format, 26 min)
 
   
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