Veterinary Public Health

Courses

Below you will find details of the six courses that make up the programme.

Course 1: Global Veterinary Medicine

This course provides training in issues related to human-animal interaction through direct and indirect contact – including as food – that are of relevance to veterinary public health. Systems of food animal management, production, marketing and tracing – including recognition and control of diseases – are also covered.

Course 2: Zoonoses and Infectious Disease

This course provides you with knowledge of the existence and properties of microbiological, parasitic and other hazards of importance in veterinary public health. You will also gain understanding of the routes and vehicles of human exposure to these hazards, and of some means to mitigate exposure and its effects.

Course 3: Veterinary Epidemiology: Quantitative Methods

Epidemiological principles and quantitative methods, and their importance as the basis of risk assessment and risk management, are the focus of this course, enabling you to apply these to the analysis of numerical and non-numerical information and use the results to inform decision-making in a given situation.

Course 4: Hygienic Production of Food (I)

This course gives knowledge and understanding of the process of meat harvest, the principles of meat hygiene and the legislation covering the production of fresh meat for human consumption in the European Union. It enables you to evaluate existing transport, slaughter and dressing practices, apply the legislation and intervene as necessary to optimise public health.

Course 5: Hygienic Production of Food (II)

Food technology and the consumer aspects of food processing, food technology and consumer behaviour in relation to foods of animal origin are the focus of this course.

Course 6: Veterinary Epidemiology: Methods in Surveillance and Field Investigation

This course provides training in the essential elements of human and animal health in practice. It allows you to identify, collate and synthesise disparate pieces of information, make sensible decisions on the basis of your analyses of this information and other logistical factors, and communicate and act upon your findings to mitigate public health risks.