Environment in Veterinary Education

Abstract

Environmental concerns have become priority issues over the last third of the 20th century. The EU’s common agricultural policy (CAP) has gone from rules which supported the farming sector after years of famine to being oriented towards looking at environmental aspects. Therefore, it has evolved not only to react to a changing market and consumer demands but also to respond to climate change and the need for sustainable development. Environmental education is an important pillar for responding and adapting to climate change. The CAP policies oriented towards optimizing the use of natural resources, residue management, antimicrobial use reduction, the decrease of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), and animal welfare need linked educational programs. In this context, veterinarians, being experts in animal production, welfare, and food safety and its technology and public health under the One Health concept, are scarcely informed in environmental aspects, which would help them to understand and face the consequences of climate change in the rural world. Future veterinarians must be able to quantify the effects of animal production on the environment, optimizing the use of natural resources, minimizing GHG emissions, and managing the risks associated with climate change by using different analysis tools that need to be included in their learning programs.

Veterinary Education and Training on Non-Traditional Companion Animals, Exotic, Zoo, and Wild Animals: Concepts Review and Challenging Perspective on Zoological Medicine

“…Nevertheless, even today, human, animal, and environmental science studies are largely conducted independently [ 11 ]. Furthermore, veterinarians, being experts in animal production, welfare, and food safety and its technology, and public health under the One Health concept, are scarcely informed in environmental aspects, which would help them to understand and face the consequences of climate change [ 12 ].…”

Advanced Technologies for Cetacean Monitoring: A One-Health and Multidisciplinary Approach for Ocean Effective Surveillance

“…Although each specialist has worked primarily on their fields of expertise, the MARCET project and the mission of this study have required an enormous coordination effort and exchange of experience between veterinary sciences, ecological, zoological, and biological knowledge and mechanical and communication engineering, in particular, regarding the configuration, application and results assessments in the use of cutting-edge marine and maritime technologies to monitor ocean sound. In our understanding these facts represent an excellent example of the application of the One Health approach [23,53] to contribute to monitoring cetaceans populations and ocean health.…”

Influence of age, gender, and willingness to adopt former foodstuffs on the perception of Italian farm animal veterinarians

“…In relation to the environmental sustainability, there is limited research on alternative and sustainable feed options in the veterinarian sector (47). The limited existing literature on the matter indicates a high level of interest in environmental sustainability from different stakeholders and highlights the lack of educational programs on the subject at both undergraduate and postgraduate level (22,(48)(49)(50).…”