Veterinary Public Health Association Research Articles

Exploring human and animal health.

One week studying veterinary public health may not be everyone's cup of tea, but as Cambridge vet student Emma Simpson explains, for the eight students who attended this year's Veterinary Public Health Association Masterclass in Edinburgh, it ticked all the right boxes.

Ten-minute chat.

Alma Piotrowicz was one of nine veterinary students attending this year's Veterinary Public Health Association masterclass. Here, she describes their experiences.

Undergraduate masterclass in veterinary public health

Veterinary public health is essential for protecting and promoting human health and yet is rarely at the top of the list of career choices for veterinary students. To raise awareness...

Management for health.

down-draught extractor fans are installed and protective clothing is worn. It is almost impossible to sterilize bone products and it would be a costly, indeed uneconomic, process. At a symposium at the Veterinary Public Health Association meeting in 1964 it was concluded that considering the widespread distribution of anthrax spores in imported animal products, coupled with the small number of cases in man, then man's resistance must be considerable. Extensive disinfection processes seem hardly justified since effective immunization is available to those at risk and effective chemotherapy for established cases. Few cases of anthrax among bone meal workers in this area have been seen since anthrax inoculation became routine. The odd case has occurred in those whose inoculation schedules had not been completed. I believe that professional gardeners should also be vaccinated against anthrax and that bone meal fertilizers should be packed in sacks carrying a prominent warning that gloves should be worn.