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Biodefense
Reference Library
Foreign
Animal and Zoonotic
Disease Center
Foreign
Animal Disease
Online Course
In January
2002, Humanitarian
Resource Institute announced the development of a Foreign
Animal and Zoonotic Disease Center, which provides access to online
educational
resources for both medical and veterinary professionals (1.16.2002:
Agricultural Security: Veterinary and Scientific Experts Outline
Priority
Issues) . In an effort to enhance training
for
the recognition of Foreign Animal Disease's for field
veterinarians,
we have developed the following educational resource.
We would
like to thank the representatives of the following programs for their
participation with this educational initiative:
United States
- U.S. Army Veterinary Corps
- USDA, Agricultural Research Service
- Diagnostic Center for Population &
Animal
Health, Michigan State University
- Tenessee Department of Agriculture
- Students: Kansas State University School
of
Veterinary Medicine
- Veterinary Private Practice
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International
- New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture and
Forestry
- Directorate of Animal Health, Central
Epidemiology Unit, Nepal
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Presented
by
Stephen M.
Apatow, Director
of Research and Development
Humanitarian
Resource Institute
Biodefense Reference Library
Foreign
Animal and Zoonotic Disease Center
[Vitae][Email]
Introduction
The
objective of this education
initiative to enhance the capability of the veterinary professional to
suspect and assist in the diagnosis of a foreign disease in livestock
or
companion animals. This course is designed in a self-study format
whereby the student utilizes the online educational resources listed
below
to learn the definitions, etiology, host range, geographic
distribution,
transmission, incubation period, pathogenesis, clinical signs, gross
legions,
diagnosis, control and eradication and public health variables
associated
with the Foreign Animal Diseases outlined in The Gray Book Online. Note:
The Foreign Animal Diseases Online Test will
concentrate
on these agents. Additional
study
materials have been provided to further support this educational
objective.
To
begin, study and review of the online resources linked below.
Your
registration will be submitted in conjunction with the completion of the
Foreign
Animal Diseases Online Test form.
I.
Study Materials
AFRICAN
ANIMAL TRYPANOSOMIASIS
AFRICAN
HORSE SICKNESS
AFRICAN
SWINE FEVER
AKABANE
AVIAN
INFLUENZA
BABESIOSIS
BLUETONGUE
AND EPIZOOTIC
HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE
BOVINE
EPHEMERAL FEVER
BOVINE
SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY
CONTAGIOUS
AGALACTIA
OF SHEEP AND GOATS
CONTAGIOUS
BOVINE PLEUROPNEUMONIA
CONTAGIOUS
CAPRINE PLEUROPNEUMONIA
CONTAGIOUS
EQUINE METRITIS
DOURINE
EAST
COAST FEVER
EPIZOOTIC
LYMPHANGITIS
EQUINE
MORBILLIVIRUS
PNEUMONIA
FOOT-AND-MOUTH
DISEASE
FOREIGN
PESTS AND VECTORS
OF ARTHROPOD-BORNE DISEASES
GLANDERS |
HEARTWATER
HEMORRHAGIC
SEPTICEMIA
HOG
CHOLERA
JAPANESE
ENCEPHALITIS
LOUPING-ILL
LUMPY
SKIN DISEASE
MALIGNANT
CATARRHAL FEVER
NAIROBI
SHEEP DISEASE
PARAFILARIASIS
IN CATTLE
PESTE
DES PETITS RUMINANTS
RIFT
VALLEY FEVER
RINDERPEST
SCREWWORM
MYIASIS
SHEEP
AND GOAT POX
SWINE
VESICULAR DISEASE
VELOGENIC
NEWCASTLE DISEASE
VENEZUELAN
EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS
VESICULAR
EXANTHEMA OF
SWINE
VESICULAR
STOMATITIS
VIRAL
HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE
OF RABBITS |
II.
Online Test
The Online
Test encompasses 200 questions (True/False) related to the foreign
animal
diseases listed in The Gray Book. Upon completion and online
submission
of the test, individuals with a passing grade of 90% (implemented
08.30.2004) or above will receive
a certificate of completion by Humanitarian Resource Institute.
Fee: $50.00
Continuing
Education Units
(CEUs)
Enrollees should check with their state's
regulatory board to ensure
acceptance of online continuing education credit for the purposes of
state license requirements.
Additional
Resources:
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