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Veterinary medicine’s role is growing in importance

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Veterinary medicine’s role is growing in importance

What is Veterinary Medicine?

 

It is a kind of medical specialty for the prevention, control, diagnosis and cure of diseases affecting the health of domestic and wild animals. It is also concerned with preventing the transmission of animal diseases to humans. Vets monitor and up-keep the health conditions of food-producing animals. Veterinarians also make sure that the food supply through these animals is safe for the consumption by humans.

 

Significance of Animal Health:

 

Animals are responsible for producing some major food items. Those food items make our balanced diet complete and help us in living a healthy life. We are still dependent on the animal for resources like eggs, milk, meat etc. Hence, the health of the animals is indirectly related to human health. Because the consumption of food produced from these animals can affect our health.

 

What do you keep in mind when treating animals

 

Veterinary medicine has grown a lot in importance. Healthy animals play an important role in keeping humans mentally and physically well, as well as being key to ensuring sustainable food chains and food security worldwide. Actually, today, we understand that animals and humans share fundamental bonds, which demand a ‘one health’ approach.

 

Veterinarians support this human-animal bond by ensuring the health and welfare of animals. Some diseases (zoonoses) can be transmitted between animals and people, and sometimes animals can act as an early warning. So, it is important for the veterinary professional to be always vigilant and keep learning, exchanging information and recycling knowledge.

 

What role does veterinary medicine play in sustainable development?

A farm needs to be productive, environmentally compatible and resilient to disease threats. This comes from good preventative herd health and good biosecurity practices. Vets are central in evaluating, planning and responding to health challenges.

 

One of the main challenges for the future is to further improve food animal productivity while maintaining animal welfare and minimizing the environmental impact of animal production. We also need to balance the increasing costs of good veterinary medicine and the overall value perception of the owner. We strive for a real ‘one health’ approach, where we can raise human and animal quality of life alike.

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