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1.00 credits
9.0 h + 3.0 h
Q2
Language
English
Content
Although the interactions between human and animal health are not a new phenomenon (initiated mainly since the Neolithic period and the domestication of animals), the zoonoses we face have a global importance and impact unique in human history. The emergence of factors such as globalisation, industrialisation, the redesign of agrarian systems and consumerism, provide potential pathogens with even more favourable conditions to adapt, mutate and be transported to new hosts and ecosystems, often with disastrous effects. Most of the recent emerging diseases are of animal origin and almost all of them have a zoonotic potential (some 75% of these diseases are zoonotic in nature). The course will consist of two parts. After an introduction, the first part (part A) will focus on the so-called classical zoonotic diseases (of veterinary and human importance) transmitted by domestic and companion animals. The other part (part B) will be devoted more to zoonotic diseases of human importance, which originate in wildlife and have less impact on domestic animals or pets. Examples include Ebola, Zika, bubonic plague and even Covid.
Teaching methods
The course will be given face-to-face with the help of PPT slides
Evaluation methods
Written exams (5 to 10 open questions): French or English
Online resources
Power point slides on Moodle
Bibliography
- Zoonoses et maladies transmissibles communes à l'homme et aux animaux PACK 3 Volumes
1: Bactérioses et mycoses - 2: Chlamydioses, rickettsioses et viroses - 3: zoonoses parasitaires
Auteur : Pedro N.ACHA, Boris SZYFRES
Editeur : Oie
Date parution : 01/2005 (3ème édition)- Biological disasters of animal origin. The role and preparedness of veterinary and public health
- Emerging zoonoses and pathogens of public health concern
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