Pathobiologics International

Pyres: 2001 UK FMD Outbreak - Photo: Murdo Macleod. Slides L-R: Smallpox, SARS Coronavirus , Foot and Mouth Disease, West Nile Virus.

Biodefense Threat Analysis & Communications Center

International Veterinary Public Health Consortium

"The contribution to the complete physical mental, and social well.being of humans
through an understanding and application of veterinary medical science"
-- Future trends in veterinary public health, Weekly Epidemiological Record, No. 19, 14 May 1999

Contact: Stephen M. Apatow
Founder, Director of Research & Development
Humanitarian Resource Institute (UN:NGO:DESA)
Humanitarian University Consortium Graduate Studies
Center for Medicine, Veterinary Medicine & Law
Phone: 203-668-0282
Email: s.m.apatow@humanitarian.net
Internet: www.humanitarian.net

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Current Topics

Pandemic Influenza: International Contingency Planning: 2003: Activation prompted by geographic spread of Avian influenza A subtype H5NI via migratory birds (South Korea), consensus that pathogen presented greatest pandemic threat.

Information

IVPHC Working Group: 19 October 2004
IVPHC Initiative: 9 October 2004

Recent Publications

Technology, public policy and control of transboundary livestock diseases in our lifetimes: R.G.Breeze, Rev. sci. tech. Off. int. Epiz., 2006, 25 (1), 271-292.
Low Dose Interferon, Immune Modulation and Emergency Influenza Prophylaxis: Joseph M. Cummins, DVM, PhD, Chad G. Thompson, BA, December 2004. See also "Systemic effects of interferons after oral administration in animals and humans," Vol 66, No. 1, January 2005.

International

FAO: Veterinary Public Health and Feed and Food Safety: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Agriculture Department, Animal Production and Heath Division.
FAO/WHO/OIE Conference on Veterinary Public Health and Control of Zoonoses in Developing Countries: 2001, Summary of Comments and Discussions. Published: 2003 - FAO Corporate Document Repository.

Resources

Biodefense Threat Analysis & Communication Center: Contingency planning, presentations, papers, biodefense and epidemiological tracking, reference materials.