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Veterinarian workforce role in defense against animal disease / Justin C. Bennett, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Animal science, issues and professions series.
- Animal science, issues and professions series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Veterinarians--Supply and demand--United States.
- Veterinarians.
- Communicable diseases in animals--United States.
- Communicable diseases in animals.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (131 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Veterinarians are essential for controlling zoonotic diseases such as avian influenza, which spread between animals and humans. This book determines the extent to which the federal government has assessed the sufficiency of its veterinarian workforce for routine activities.
- Contents:
- The federal government lacks a comprehensive understanding of the sufficiency of its veterinarian workforce
- Efforts to identify the veterinarian workforce needed during a pandemic and large-scale animal disease outbreak are insufficient
- Federal and state agencies are missing important opportunities to ensure efficient use of veterinarians during disease outbreaks.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record; title from PDF title page, viewed (08/21/2020).
- ISBN:
- 1-61324-233-6
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