Exam #3 One Health Documentary/Video

What ratio of diseases that affect humans originate from animals?

6/10 diseases (60%)

One Health Definition

“The integrative effort of multiple disciplines working locally, nationally, and globally to attain optimal health for people, animals, and the environment.” It’s essentially how the environment, animals, and everything in the ecosystem are connected and how we do good for the ecosystem.

What is the effect of antibiotic overuse?

Resistance can be developed to the antibiotics by the microbes, which would make diseases as a whole stronger.

Why might animals be out during the day?

For feeding, mating, etc.

Zoonotic

Can be transferred from animals to humans.

Upholding OneHealth

Keep vaccinations up to date, eliminate disease vectors, be kind to the environment, reduce waste, reduce pesticides.

Zoonotic Disease Examples (CDC)

• Rabies

• Salmonella infection

• West Nile virus infection

• Q Fever (Coxiella burnetii)

• Anthrax

• Brucellosis

• Lyme disease

• Ringworm

• Ebola

One Health Approach

Encourages collaborative efforts of many experts (disease detectives, lab workers, physicians, and veterinarians) working across human, animal, and environmental health to improve the health of people and animals, including pets, livestock, and wildlife.

Antimicrobial resistant germs (resilient germs [antimicrobial])

Quickly spread through communities, their food supply, healthcare facilities, the environment (soil, water). This contamination makes it harder to treat certain infections.

Vector-borne diseases (Need host to spread)

Increase in frequency with warmer temperatures and expanded mosquito and tick habitats.D

Diseases in food animals (zoonotic usually)

Can threaten supplies, livelihoods, and economies

Human animal bond (pets, etc.)

can help improve mental well-being

Contamination of water (cholera, turbidity)

Used for drinking, recreation, and more can make people and animals sickOne

One Health Good Things

• Prevent outbreaks of zoonotic diseases in animals and people

• Improve food safety and security

• Reduce antimicrobial-resistant infections and improve human and animal health

• Protect global health security

• Protect biodiversity and conservation