HORIBA UK is to host a free-to-attend CPD webinar focusing on how a One Health multidisciplinary approach can enable beneficial changes in veterinary diagnostics and therapeutics usage.
Titled ‘One Health – Actions in diagnostics and therapeutics’, the webinar will take place on Thursday 7 September 7.30-9pm and veterinary teams can learn from three invited expert speakers how they can make small practical changes to have positive impacts in their own settings.
One Health integration aims to sustainably balance and optimise the health of people, animals and ecosystems. The three expert speakers at the webinar each offer extensive experience and insight in 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 aims to enable better 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 local level and will share their knowledge and experiences in supporting One Health aims related to animal healthcare. The webinar will also signpost to a range of associated resources available to aid veterinary teams in decision making, setting protocols and communicating them to all stakeholders.
- 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 in the NHS. She will highlight areas of excellent practice she has experienced, and from a One Health angle where the veterinary profession 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.
- Simon Doherty, past-president of the British Veterinary Association, will focus on the history of One Health and One Agriculture; highlighting how improved communication and collaboration at the intersection of people, animals and the environment can drive productivity and sustainability in food production - locally, nationally, and internationally.
For free registration for HORIBA’s CPD veterinary webinar ‘One Health -Actions in diagnostics and therapeutics’, please visit https://horiba.link/one-health-webinar.
