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| The Center for Animal Health and Food Safety (CAHFS) fosters public-private partnerships that advance new knowledge, innovative experiential learning programs and scientifically-sound public policy to advance global animal health and food safety leadership. |
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| |  | | Resident SpotlightDr. Shauna Voss joined the VPH residency in October. She is a 2004 graduate of the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Voss previously worked at the Bloomington Veterinary Hospital as an associate veterinarian. To learn more about Shauna, click here | | | | | | | |  | | Farm to Table SummaryThe Farm to Table Study Program: Uruguay 2009 was successfully completed on Friday, October 30, 2009. The course objective was to develop an understanding of the beef and dairy cattle-related food systems in Uruguay, in comparison to the US and other countries, and its impacts on animal health and welfare, food safety, and public health. See pictures and read more here | | | | | | | |  | | ResearchThe International Cooperative Zoonotic Influenza Research Center’s goal is to improve understanding of the epidemiology and ecology of flu viruses and the threat they pose to human health. The Center has been focusing on studies of bird, pig, and human flu virus transmission at the human-animal interface. To learn more about the Center and its work visit its webpage (link). | | | | | | | |  | | VPH FacultyDr. Katey Pelican from the Center for Animal Health and Food Safety worked to get the University of Minnesota involved in a USAID cooperative agreement for the RESPOND project which works to fight the first stages of emerging zoonotic pandemics in international hot spots. Read more about this new program here | | | | | | | |  | | NewsConcerned about the recent H1N1 flu outbreak? Learn the symptoms of H1N1 flu in humans, how it is diagnosed, and what people who work with pigs can do to protect themselves from the virus. The CAHFS Influenza A H1N1 Fact Sheet (H1N1 Flu Factsheet). |
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