EPIZOOTIOLOGY DEFINITION
Epizootiology is a science which
studies origin, distribution, frequency, development, determinants and
extinction of animal health and disease at population level and based on their
analyses defines and applies methods for creation, promotion, protection and
restoration of population health by reducing, eliminating and eradicating
diseases.
Note: Epizootiology covers a l
l s p e c i e s of a
n i m a l k i n g d o m while veterinary epidemiology covers animal species of veterinary importance. From
biology science hierarchical point of view the epizootiology includes also
human epidemiology (Homo sapiens belongs to animal kingdom).
Professor
Calvin Schwabe wrote in his book “Veterinary Medicine and Human Health”,
EPIZOOTIOLOGY CREDO
The
mission of modern action-oriented and problem-solving epizootiology is to create,
promote, protect and restore animal population health, to protect the man
against diseases transmissible from non-human species, to contribute
to the improvement of animal performance and welfare, and thereby, to the
betterment of public health, economic
and social development of contemporary and future society.
Note: Selection and
practical application of the most suitable epizootiological principles and
methods reaching, under any conditions (sanitary, ecological, social, economic
etc.), with minimal inputs the best possible results in animal population
health protection and recovery, is a very demanding professional a r t. Acta, non verba (Deeds,
not words) !
Primum non nocere !