One Health

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The author, born in England and now living in Golden Valley, Minnesota, UAS, is a graduate of the Royal Veterinary College, London, with a Ph. D degree in medicine and a Doctor of Science degree in ethology/animal behavior from the University of London, England. He is a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons ,the British Veterinary Association, an Honor Roll Member of the American Veterinary Medical Association, a long-term member of the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association and founding member of the International Association for Applied Animal Ethology. He helped make animal behavior and animal welfare science part of the veterinary teaching curriculum around the world, and more generally awakening public sensibility through his internationally syndicated newspaper column Animal Doctor both in the U.S. and in many other countries. He has authored over 40 books, including award-winning children's fiction. His website is www.drfoxonehealth.com.

Texte du rabat

This collection of reflective, critical, philosophical, and practical chapters represents the author's 60 years as a veterinarian, ethologist, and bioethicist. Fearlessly tackling contentious issues and 'wicked problems', it offers a veterinarian's perspective of what One Health looks like on the ground.

Contenu

1. Recognizing Sentience to Better Protect Living Beings 2. Determining Animals' Quality of Life: Criteria and Assessment 3. The Importance of Natural Biodiversity for Health and Well-Being 4. A Beef About Beef: Reforms Long Overdue? 5. Wolves and Human Well-Being: Ecological and Public Health Connections 6. One Health: Incorporating Animal Rights and Conservation 7. Changing Our Diets for Our Health and Earth's Sakes 8. Preventing Pandemics Like COVID-19 and Other Zoonoses 9. Veterinary Bioethics and Planetary Health 10. The Challenges and Future of the Veterinary Profession 11. The Veterinary and Allied Professions: Leading the Way to One Health 12. Humane and Environmental Education: No Child Uninformed 13. Postscript: For all our Relations: A Brief Autobiography