REGULATORY VETERINARY MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Declared in Doctor of Veterinary Medicine with third year standing Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Summarize and compare the clinical presentations of selected zoonotic diseases in both animals and humans. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Explain at a technical level, and in a language appropriate for educating clients, the role(s) that animals play in disease transmission and the relative risks for human infections posed by contact with animals. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Uphold the premise that “One Health” is an important framework for addressing important public health challenges and describe the ways that veterinarians are involved. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Outline the roles and responsibilities of veterinarians and government agencies in animal importation, response to disasters, animal abuse, and the control of zoonotic and animal diseases. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Outline the roles played by veterinarians in the safety of food of animal origin and how carcasses are processed and inspected. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Explain ways that veterinarians work to decrease antibiotic and other drug residues in food products and stem the emergence of antibiotic resistance through careful stewardship of antibiotics. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Summarize and compare the clinical presentations of selected zoonotic diseases in both animals and humans. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Explain at a technical level, and in a language appropriate for educating clients, the role(s) that animals play in disease transmission and the relative risks for human infections posed by contact with animals. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Uphold the premise that “One Health” is an important framework for addressing important public health challenges and describe the ways that veterinarians are involved. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Outline the roles and responsibilities of veterinarians and government agencies in animal importation, response to disasters, animal abuse, and the control of zoonotic and animal diseases. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Outline the roles played by veterinarians in the safety of food of animal origin and how carcasses are processed and inspected. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Explain ways that veterinarians work to decrease antibiotic and other drug residues in food products and stem the emergence of antibiotic resistance through careful stewardship of antibiotics. Audience: Undergraduate