Pets, People and Pathogens:
Be a Victor, Not a Vector!

 

Comments from some of the attendees of the meeting:

• Can't wait for next year's program
• Excellent to get MDs and DVMs together-It’d be great to have more discussion on what else we can do together!
• I have a larger grip of possible questions to ask patients about pets/animals and possible infection
• I have an improved recognition of clinical signs in animals and humans
• I’ll increase client education especially of immunocompromised patients
• I’m going to add questions to our client sheet to identify immunosuppressed patients
• I’m going to add new test methods to our current and additional organisms
• After this conference, I’ll educate my patients about pet vector disease
• I’ll increase communication with vets to collaborate with care
• I have an increased awareness on educating pet owners in flea/tick prevention to prevent human disease
• I’ll discuss pet health care in relation to human health more thoroughly with owners
• Discuss the epidemiology of these diseases in relation to human and animal proximity
• Good start on bringing DVMs and MDs together-let's have lots more!

Comment from CDC:

 

“Congratulations for putting together the first large collaborative seminar between human and veterinary medical professionals in New England!…It is gratifying to see your two organizations taking a leadership role in this growing initiative…You are helping to chart the course where animal, human and environmental health interconnect in ways not done so in the past…I hope that the day’s activities will convince them of the importance of how the two profession must work together for the public’s health and well-being. Good luck on this first major collaborative effort in New England. I hope there will be many more to come.”

 

Lonnie King, DVM
Director National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne and Enteric Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 

 

 

Letter from Dr. Seidlecki

 

Letter from Dr. Carnevale