Saturday, June 19, 2010

CHALLENGES IN VETERINARY

Our career involve a lot of different areas, so we can say that is a multidisciplinary career. These areas are constant challenges for us. Some of them are:

1) Technology: the importance of technology is increasing, because the productive demands are increasing too. Therefore is necessary that we develop them. One example is biotechnology, we have a subject called Reproductive biotechnology, in this teach us topics like in vitro fertilization, transfer of embryos, and so on. With these techniques we can to produce more protein for human consumes. In the other hand, with reproductive biotechnology we can decrease the loss of endangered species.


2) Social Matters: in my opinion, this area isn`t tackle very deeply, but we must to change it, because we have to take part in matters like animal responsible possession and animal welfare laws. At present we haven`t an ethic subject in our faculty, so we have to study this area ourselves.
In any area that we work, from clinical medicine, animal production to public health we must to concern about social matters, because finally we work for human beings, but through animals.
Also, we work in safety alimentary, so is our responsibility to produce quality food to the population.
Other important matter is our participation in emergency situation like earthquake, epidemic, and so on. Because we have to implement measures of control for protect to the population against infectious agents, which will increase in this situations.


3) Education: this is a very extensive topic; some examples about our role in education are the research. Scientist research can increase the knowledge about animal diseases and in some cases human diseases, with more information about this we can to educate to the population about prevention measures, also is important and is our responsibility to educate about animal responsible possession.
Moreover, we can teach to small producers some productive strategies for increase the effectiveness of this process and to help them to progress.
In the other hand, we can work in municipality, devising health education programs, for example about food safety, like programs that teach how to cook seafood principally in “holy week”.












2 comments:

Victoria said...

Hi Di!
I think too that like a vets we have to increase the investigation about animals.
In this way we can help people like small producers. I like very much your post...
Have a good day and see you in class!!!
bye

Clau Molina Muñoz said...

people forget that animals save our lifes every day because all the investigation that is responsable to human health's develop was make in animals.

Post a Comment