Textbook of Veterinary Public Health

Textbook of Veterinary Public Health

by Ashwani Kumar, Ankit Gupta
 
  • ISBN: 9789390425280
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Year: 2022
  • Language: English
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Veterinary public health is a component of public health devoted to the application of professional veterinary skills, knowledge, and resources for the protection and improvement of human health. Veterinary profession in general makes it possible for farmers to provide the public with abundant protein foods like meat, milk, eggs, and fish. Veterinary public health branch of this profession protects the sources of this food supply from the ravages of communicable diseases. It also guards mankind from zoonotic diseases which are transmitted from animals to man and vice versa. These and many other lines of work directly improve the public health. Veterinary Public Health is taught to veterinary students at undergraduate and post-graduate levels. For undergraduates, the syllabus of veterinary public health is usually splitted into at-least two courses covering principles of meat, milk, fish and egg hygiene and various zoonotic diseases and their prevention and control. The purpose of this text book is to bring together the information on the said contents of syllabus of veterinary public health in an extensive but simple way. The authors trust that this text book will prove to be beneficial to the students in understanding the application of veterinary public health in public health. The book will also be useful to all others who are associated directly or indirectly in activities of veterinary public health/and public health.

Dr. Ashwani Kumar (B.V.Sc. & A.H., M.V.Sc., Ph.D., FIAVPHS) has 43 years teaching and research experience in the areas of Veterinary Public Health and Veterinary Microbiology. He had been Professor and Head, Department of Veterinary Public Health, CCSHAU, Hisar, India and a Professor, Veterinary Public Health in India and Ethiopia for about 30 years. He has guided several Ph.D., M.V.Sc./ M.Sc. and DVM students. Food Hygiene, Zoonoses and Animal Mycoplasmosis are the areas of his research. He has more than 125 publications including book chapters, teaching material, laboratory manuals and two books written on Fish Production and Diseases and Emerging and Re-emerging Zoonoses. Awarded FAO Fellowship, INSA Visiting Fellowship and DBT Biotechnology National Associateship. He has visited University of Illinois, Urbana, USA, University of Sydney, Australia and has served as Professor of Veterinary Public Health at Mekelle University and Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.

Dr. Ankit Gupta (MBBS, MD Pediatrics) has more than 8 years of experience in the field of pediatrics and neonatology. He has a distinguished career having done his medical schooling at Delhi University and completed his post-graduate degree in Pediatrics from the prestigious Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi, India. He has been awarded the gold medal for the best final year student during his post graduate training and also received bronze medal in the field of pediatrics in final year MBBS. He has been a clinical fellow of Neonatology after completing the Clinical fellowship training under the aegis of NNF. Currently, he is working as a Neonatal Clinical Fellow at John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University Hospital NHS Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom. He is a life member of NNF and holds registration with DMC as well as with GMC, UK. He is a strong believer of ‘One Health One Medicine’ and has a keen interest in public health and infectious diseases (including zoonoses) which contribute significantly to under-5 morbidity and mortality in developing countries.

Part 1: Meaning of Public Health and Veterinary Public Health

1. Meaning, Functions and Activities of Public Health ..... 1

2. Veterinary Public Health and its Role in Public Health ..................................... 12

Part 2: Milk Hygiene

3. Milk Hygiene: An Introduction ....................................... 19

4. Milk Associated Health Problems.................................... 23

5. Chemical Compostion, Physico-Chemical and Microbial Properties of Milk ........... 32

6. Hygienic Practices at Dairy Farm for High-Quality Milk .............................................................. 43

7. Hygienic Collection and Transportation of Milk ...................................................... 50

8. Hygienic Handling and Processing of Milk at Dairy Plant..........53

9. Use of Preservatives in Milk ............................................. 62

10. Milk Adulterants ................................................................ 66

11. Hygienic Production of Dairy Products ......................... 71

Part 3: Meat Hygiene

12. Meat Hygiene: An Introduction ...................................... 81

13. Meat-borne Diseases .......................................................... 84

14. Spoilage of Meat ...............................................................102

15. Meat Quality .....................................................................106

16. Abattoir Components, Cleaning and Sanitation .....................................113

17. Transportation and Pre-slaughter Care of Meat Animals .............................122

18. Slaughter Operations .......................................................127

19. Meat Inspection: Ante-mortem Inspection of Animals ..................................131

20. Meat Inspection: Lymph-nodes as Indicator of Diseases ...............................137

21. Meat Inspection: Post-mortem Inspection and Judgement of Meat .........141

22. Meat Differentiation ........................................................149

23. Processing of Meat By-products and Disposal of Unsound Meat ............................155

24. Abattoir Waste Management .........................................161

25. Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) in Meat Production ............................168

26. Preservation of Meat ........................................................172

27. Residues in Meat...............................................................177

28. Egg Hygiene ......................................................................183

29. Fish Hygiene ......................................................................193

Part 4: Zoonoses

30. Introduction and Classification of Zoonoses ..............205 

31. Rabies ..................................................................................213

32. Rift Valley Fever ...............................................................219

33. Influenza Virus and Zoonotic Significance .................225

34. Zoonotic Importance of Zika Virus...............................232

35. Zoonotic Importance of Coronaviruses .......................237 i) Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) ....238  Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) Infection ...................241 iii) Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) .............243

36. Ebola Virus Disease ..........................................................248

37. Monkey Pox .......................................................................251

38. Zoonosis due to Orf Virus ...............................................254 Parasitic Zoonoses

39. Taeniasis & Cysticercosis ................................................257

40. Echinococcosis ..................................................................263

41. Trichinellosis ......................................................................269

42. Schistosomiasis ..................................................................273

43. Fasciolosis ...........................................................................277

44. Leishmaniasis ....................................................................282

45. Toxoplasmosis ...................................287 Rickettsial, Chlamydial and Fungal Zoonoses

46. Rickettsiae & Q-Fever ......................................................291

47. Cat Scratch Fever .............................................................296

48. Psittacosis: A Chlamydial Zoonosis ..............................300

49. Dermatophytosis (Ringworm) .......................................303

50. Aspergillosis ......................................................................310

51. Histoplasmosis ..................................................................315 Bacterial Zoonoses

52. Anthrax ..............................................................................319

53. Brucellosis ..........................................................................327

54. Listeriosis ............................................................................336

55. Leptospirosis ......................................................................340

56. Plague .................................................................................344

57. Non-typhoidal Salmonella Zoonosis .............................349

58. Zoonotic Role of Escherichia coli .....................................356

59. Campylobacteriosis ..........................................................371

60. Tuberculosis .......................................................................376

61. Methicillin and Vancomycin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.........................................384

62. Erysipeloid .........................................................................388

63. Prevention and Control of Zoonotic Diseases .............394