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CPD vet webinar to focus on animal and human health collaborations
Aug
NORTHAMPTON, UK (15th August 2023) – HORIBA UK is to host a CPD webinar specializing in how a One Health multidisciplinary approach can enable useful changes in veterinary diagnostics and therapeutics usage. On the free to attend webinar titled “One Health – Actions in diagnostics and therapeutics”, on Thursday 7th September 7.30-9pm, veterinary teams can learn from three invited expert speakers how they will make small practical changes to have positive impacts in their very own settings.
HORIBA to host CPD webinar on how a One Health multidisciplinary approach may also help improve veterinary diagnostics and therapeutics usage.
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One Health integration goals to sustainably balance and optimise the health of individuals, animals and ecosystems. The three expert speakers on the webinar each offer extensive experience and insight of their respective fields of human health, veterinary care and agriculture, contributing to the One Health approach and supporting improved veterinary diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. This goals to enable higher informed prescribing decisions and more responsible use of therapeutics.
Companion and farm animal use of antibiotics, antifungals and parasiticides has wide-ranging implications for biodiversity and the balance and maintenance of ecosystems. The expert speakers have all been involved in One Health strategy setting and implementation at national and native level and can share their knowledge and experiences in supporting One Health goals related to animal healthcare. The webinar can even signpost to a spread of associated resources available to help veterinary teams in decision making, setting protocols and communicating them to all stakeholders.
At HORIBA’s CPD webinar, Chair of the UK One Health Coordination Group (UKOHCG) and multi-disciplined human and animal health nurse, Helen Ballantyne, will provide a ‘human’ view of One Health and the strategies within the NHS. She is going to highlight areas of wonderful practice she has experienced, and from a One Health angle where the veterinary career could learn from the NHS, and vice versa.
Fergus Allerton, Small Animal Vet and Internal Medicine Specialist, and lead on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) at Linnaeus will include optimal use of antimicrobials for infection control in his presentation. In collaboration with the NHS, he launched Veterinary Antibiotic Amnesty activity which saw a 19% reduction of antimicrobial use across the Linnaeus veterinary group. Other activities he’ll discuss include the PROTECT ME guidelines on the responsible use of antibacterials, equivalent to for surgical antibiotic prophylaxis.
Simon Doherty is past-president of the British Veterinary Association and one in every of two BVA representatives on the Federation of Veterinarians in Europe. He’ll concentrate on the history of One Health and One Agriculture; highlighting how improved communication and collaboration on the intersection of individuals, animals and the environment can drive productivity and sustainability in food production – locally, nationally, and internationally. He can even share a few of Vet Sustain’s farm animal resources and the way the principles could be applied.
“One Health recognises that the health of humans, domestic and wild animals, plants, and the broader environment are closely linked and interdependent. HORIBA is delighted to be working with three such renowned speakers who’re actively applying its principles in their very own work,” said Cleve Wright, Director, HORIBA UK. “Because of them, our evening CPD event will illustrate the connections inside human and animal healthcare and their links to sustainability. It will enable veterinary teams to realize a greater understanding of how their words and actions can have a useful impact in their very own practice, starting immediately.”
As a world multidisciplinary company, HORIBA can contribute to many facets of the One Health approach, enabling customers to undertake measurement and analyses in a broad number of applications. Along with in vitro medical diagnostics, HORIBA’s instruments and solutions support the evaluation of air, water and compounds for automotive and industrial emissions testing, in addition to environmental monitoring. All of which might have health implications for humans, animals and the environment.
Without spending a dime registration for HORIBA’s CPD veterinary webinar discussing, “One Health -Actions in diagnostics and therapeutics”, please visit https://horiba.link/one-health-webinar
