The Inclusion of the One Health and Animal Welfare Concepts in Food Animals

Prof. Rafael Gianella Mondadori, DVM, MSc, PhD

Brazilian Federal Board of Veterinary MedicineNational Commission of Veterinary Medicine Education

Federal University of Pelotas

BrazilAlexandria – VA, March, 2014

One Health – AVMA

One Health is the integrative effort of multipledisciplines working locally, nationally, and

globally to attain optimal health for people, animals, and the environment.

https://www.avma.org/KB/Resources/Reference/Pages/One-Health94.aspx

Animal welfare - OIE

Animal welfare means how an animal is coping with the conditions in which it lives. An animal is

in a good state of welfare if (as indicated by scientific evidence) it is healthy, comfortable, well nourished, safe, able to express innate

behavior, and if it is not suffering from unpleasant states such as pain, fear, and

distress.http://web.oie.int/eng/normes/mcode/en_chapitre_1.7.1.htm

Bullet points

• Demographics:

– 8.2 billions in 2025;

– Developing countries;

• Globalization:

– New environmental and epidemiologic risks;

• Professional demography:

– Professional migration and imigration

Bullet points

• Novelty;

• Social (consumer) demands:

– Student demands;

• Resistance to change - producers;

• Lack of scientific knowledge:

– Parameters of animal welfare;

– Parameters for one health;

– Implementation cost;

Bullet points

• Genetic engineering:

– Animal welfare;

– One health;

• Demand for animal protein at affordable cost;

• Antimicrobial use;

• Sustainability (social, environmental and economic);

Vets in Public Services -“One Health” vision - Miguez

• Reduce incidence of outbreaks;

•Modeling preventing systems;

• Training of private vets in reporting zoonosis and infectious diseases;

• Stimulate participation of vets students in national campaigns;

• Active participation in the making of every public policy related to the human-animal-ecosystem;

Including the concepts -Competences

• Transformative learning:

– Experiencing a deep, structural shift in the basic premises of thought, feelings, and actions.

• Systemic vision;

• Work with diversity populations (scholarity, culture, etc.);

• Stakeholders – communication (media, consumers, entrepreneurs, producers, etc.);

Including the concepts

• More holistic than scientific approach

Source: Teaching-Learning Strategies for the Development of Humanistic CompetencesCFMV, 2013

• Attention to Health;

• Decision Making;

• Communication;

• Leadership;

• Administration and management;

• Continuing Education.

Skills and Competences

Thank You!rafaelmondadori.cnemv@cfmv.gov.br

cfmv@cfmv.gov.br

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Albert Einstein