M.M. Waheed1,2*, K.O. Al-Khaldi3, and N. Pratap4 1Department of Clinical Studies, College of Veterinary Medicine, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, P.O. 400, Al-Hufof, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2Department of Theriogenology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, P.O. 12515, Giza, Egypt 3Royal Oman Police, Mounted Division, Veterinary Section, Muscat, Oman 4Division of Reproductio...

The first section of this paper presents a concise analysis of the current world situation in animal health, zoonoses, food production and hygiene and Veterinary Services. The second section discusses future perspectives for healthy animal production in relation to veterinary public health problems. The coming decades will be crucial for the future of Veterinary Services. The protection of huma...

This paper aims to give a brief introduction to community-based animal health workers (CAHW). It will refer the reader to sources of more detailed information not only on the modalities of establishing quality community-based animal health worker delivery systems but also on those CAHW issues that veterinary policy makers should appreciate in order to make rational decisions on improving the qu...

Currently in Japan, there are 32,000 active veterinarians, mainly engaged in small and large animal practice and public animal health and public health services. In the face of the notable increase in recent years in the proportion of female students enrolled in veterinary schools and in the number of households with companion animals, a model was developed to predict the supply and demand of v...

BACKGROUND The provision of veterinary clinical services is known to elicit a range of challenges which require an ethical appraisal. In a recent Policy Delphi study, referrals/second opinions and 24 h emergency care were identified as matters of key concern by veterinary professionals in Ireland. In this case study (the first in a series of three resulting from a research workshop exploring ch...

The current trend towards restructuring to improve the standards and efficiency of public services in sub-Saharan Africa, within the framework of economic structural adjustment programmes, has stimulated debates and proposals regarding veterinary services in the region. Such debates sometimes neglect the fact that a number of different animal production systems may coexist within a single econo...

This review covers the organisation of veterinary public health (VPH) activities in countries of the Eastern Mediterranean region, with reference to zoonoses and hazards to man from foods of animal origin. A study of the region shows that no separate VPH units exist within the national Veterinary Services. Although these Services are gradually being upgraded and strengthened, most of their reso...

Climate change due to increasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is one of the most pressing issues facing society on a global scale. The growth GHG between 2000 and 2010 was higher than in each previous three decades, past four decades has been successively warmer any preceding since 1850. Continued will cause further warming changes climate system. affects livestock production multiple ways, b...

1 Vocational School of Health Services, Firat University, 23119, Elazig, Turkey 2 Veterinary Control and Research Institute, 23200, Elazig, Turkey 3 Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Firat University, 23119, Elazig, Turkey 4 Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Firat University, 23119, Elazig, Turkey 5 Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medi...