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Humanitarian University Consortium
Distance Education Initiative
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.
Demographic of participants
who completed this course:
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United States
- U.S.
Army Veterinary Corps
- USDA,
Agricultural Research Service
- Diagnostic
Center for Population & Animal Health, Michigan State University
- Tennessee 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 University Consortium Graduate Studies Center for
Medicine, Veterinary Medicine and Law
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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 processing fee, required for validation: certificate
of completion.
Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
Humanitarian
Resource Institute's work associated with 192 Member States
of the United Nations, presents a challenge regarding accreditation
standards, therefore we request enrollees to 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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