One Health Publications

Use of a Reduced (4-Dose) Vaccine Schedule for Postexposure Prophylaxis to Prevent Human Rabies Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – Morbidity and Mortality Report - March 19, 2010 / 59(02);1-9   http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5902a1.htm

United States Animal Health Association (Executive Committee) Approves Support of One Health Initiative   The One Health Initiative website was notified today (March 24, 2010) that The Executive Committee of the United States Animal Health Association (USAHA) recently approved the organization to become an official supporter of the One Health Initiative.  We would appreciate being included in your list of supporters, as well as provide any of our organization’s expertise in animal health to the Initiative.  Attached is a formal letter designating our support [please see letter of support].   Provided by:   Benjamin D. Richey United States Animal Health Association Executive Director 4221 Mitchell Ave. St. Joseph, MO 64507 p: 816.671.1144 f: 816.671.1201 www.usaha.org    Note: The autonomous pro bono One Health team of Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP, Bruce Kaplan, DVM, Thomas P. Monath, MD and Jack Woodall, PhD (managers of the One Health Initiative website) are delighted to learn that the United States Animal Health Association (Executive Committee) has endorsed the One Health concept.    USAHA, since 1897, has been and continues to be recognized as a premier “non-profit, member-driven, science-based organization devoted to prevention, control and eradication of animal disease in the United States.  USAHA has nearly 1200 members representing state and federal agencies, universities, industry and veterinary organizations and other groups with interest in animal health, disease control, animal welfare, food safety and public health.  USAHA serves as a clearinghouse for new information and methods that can be used in the development of laws, regulations, policy and programs.  Through deliberations of its annual meeting and 32 committees, USAHA works to develop solutions to animal health-related issues.”   USAHA has been added to the One Health Initiative’s website One Health Supporter lists.  Please see http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/supporters.php and http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications.php (scroll down).      

Capua, I, Cattoli, G. “One Flu for One Health [letter]”.  Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Apr; [Epub ahead of print]   http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/16/4/pdfs/09-1593.pdf :

FEEDSTUFFS   Global food basket requires ‘one-world’ health initiative – March 17, 2010, Rod Smith   Special coverage from the annual meeting of the National Institute for Animal Health (NIAA) in Kansas City, Mo., March 15-17 The concept of One Health/One World is critical for todays global food basket thats filled by large quantities of foods moving around the world, according to Dr. Corrie Brown, a professor in the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine. Brown, keynoting the NIAA opening session yesterday, referenced Thomas Friedmans book The World Is Flat and said where the focus once was on nation-states, today its on the interdependence of countries and economies.  ………   http://www.feedstuffs.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=F4D1A9DFCD974EAD8CD5205E15C1CB42&nm=Breaking+News&type=news&mod=News&mid=A3D60400B4204079A76C4B1B129CB433&tier=3&nid=EB05633A3EC6492C96CC8EF5D812355E    

American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) tackles veterinary shortage with new program Vetsweb.com March 17, 2010   The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), as part of its ongoing effort to boost the number of food animal veterinarians in the US, introduces an educational debt relief program for those veterinarians whose job it is to keep food animals healthy and the food supply safe. ….   http://www.vetsweb.com/news/avma-tackles-veterinary-shortage-with-new-program-967.html

Official Newsletter of the National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA) – Vol 10 – No.1 – March 2010   One Health Center Stage at NIAA’s Annual Meeting   http://www.animalagriculture.org/Information/Publications/NIAA/2010/March.pdf

Princeton University (USA) – Program of Science and Global Security   The Biosecurity Seminar Series – Spring 2009   All seminars were held at the Carl Icahn building in Princeton, New Jersey (USA) Any questions, please contact Laura Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP at lkahn@princeton.edu or 609-258-6763. http://www.princeton.edu/sgs/seminars/biosecurity/   Notable Example: March 27, 2009�-�Smallpox Eradication:� What it Taught Us or Did It? Speaker:� D.A. Henderson, MD, MPH, Professor, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine; Resident Scholar at the Center for Biosecurity of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center; former Dean of Johns Hopkins School of Public Health from 1977 to 1990; Directed WHO global smallpox eradication program 1966-1977 link to view videotape of 3/27/09 seminar

FDA mulling restrictions on livestock antibiotics   DesMoinesRegister.com  -  March 10, 2010   http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2010/03/10/fda-mulling-restrictions-on-livestock-antibiotics/

One Health Academy – new website www.onehealthacademy.org: now linked with One Health Initiative Website   March 11th, 2010 Washington, DC meeting (USA) will be Harold C. (Woody) Davis, JD, MD    Please see Dr. Davis’s Curriculum Vitae on this One Health Initiative Publications page.   For Reservation Details See: Upcoming Events page http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/events.php Special guest speaker for March 11th meeting will be Dr. Harold C. (Woody) Davis.  Dr. Davis serves as a senior policy advisor for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Air Traffic Organization (ATO) System Operations SysOps) as part of the CNA Air Traffic Management (ATM) team. Dr. Davis supports development of NextGen Air Traffic Policy specifically with regard to operations, security and fees including data collection and data dissemination from multiple sources, including satellite, UAS, aircraft and ground based systems. Dr. Davis has over 25 years of experience in aviation, aviation medicine, program management, legal and operations in support of the United States Air Force (USAF), FAA, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as well as other Federal organizations and agencies as well as Associate Vice President for Research at the University of Texas at Austin.

FoodSafety.gov - SALMONELLA   http://www.foodsafety.gov/poisoning/causes/bacteriaviruses/salmonella.html

Science News   Novel Way to Study Human Inflammatory Disease ScienceDaily (Feb. 28, 2010) — A new University of Colorado at Boulder study shows mice infected with the bacteria salmonella develop clinical signs consistent with a deadly and poorly understood human inflammatory disease, a finding that may lead to new therapies…   http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100225214812.htm

Dry weather induces outbreaks of human West Nile virus infections Guiming Wang , Richard B Minnis , Jerrold L Belant and Charles L Wax BMC Infectious Diseases 2010, 10:38doi:10.1186/1471-2334-10-38 - Published: 24 February 2010       http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/10/38

Chemical causes high contamination levels in Atlantic dolphins           It brings back old questions about food safety for humans   NEWS Jacksonville.com – March 1, 2010   http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2010-03-01/story/chemical_causes_high_contamination_levels_in_atlantic_dolphins?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed+JacksonvillecomNews+(Jacksonville+Local+News++Jacksonville.com+and+The+Florida+Times-Union)

Vol. 7 (2010) / Issue 1 / Book Reviews Review of Whos In Charge?: Leadership during Epidemics, Bioterror Attacks, and Other Public Health Crises by Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP Robert Lloyd Ditch, Synaptic LLC Recommended Citation Ditch, Robert Lloyd (2010) Review of Whos In Charge?: Leadership during Epidemics, Bioterror Attacks, and Other Public Health Crises, Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management: Vol. 7 : Iss. 1, Article 8. See http://www.bepress.com/jhsem/vol7/iss1/8/

Vector-borne and Zoonotic Diseases Editor: Stephen Higgs, PhD Volume 10; Number 1, 2010 Copyright: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.   Special Issue: Symposium on Ecology of Plague and Its Effects on Wildlife   http://www.liebertonline.com/toc/vbz/10/1   Provided to CDC (USA) ListServe by:   Mira J. Leslie, DVM, MPH Ministry of Agriculture and Lands 1767 Angus Campbell Road Abbotsford, BC. V3G 2M3 Ph: (604) 556-3013 Fax: (604) 556-3015 Mira.leslie@gov.bc.ca

  One World – One Medicine – One Health   Rev. sci. tech. Off. Int. Epiz, 2009, 28 (2), 481-486   http://www.oie.int/boutique/extrait/04osburn481486.pdf?PHPSESSID=b935473736dc9d8775fe68cb010089e7

Chickens May Provide Clues to Color VisionStudies of retinal differences in birds could lead to treatments for blindness, researchers say FRIDAY, Feb. 19 (HealthDay News) http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=636123

The Alliance for Rabies Controls February 2010 newsletter is now available at:www.rabiescontrol.net/ARCnewsletter16.pdf

SALK INSTITUTE For Biological Studies The mouse with a human liver: a new model for the treatment of liver disease February 22, 2010 http://www.salk.edu/news/pressrelease_details.php?press_id=408