The 2nd One Health International Young Veterinarian Conference kicks off in Wuhan. [Photo/Liu Tao]
The 2nd One Health International Young Veterinarian Conference was held on March 6 in Wuhan. It aims to build an international platform to facilitate the global communication in the veterinary industry and help young veterinary talents grow.
The conference was co-hosted by Huazhong Agricultural University and UC Davis Institute for Food Safety and Security. During the two-day forum meetings, professors, clinical veterinarians, young students and company representatives from China, the U.S., as well as countries including France, South Korea and Israel, shared their latest outcomes and experience in scientific research, educational management and veterinary technology online and offline.
The opening ceremony. [Photo/Liu Tao]
Qing Ping, Vice President of HZAU said in his address, “This conference, with the theme of ‘One World, One Health’, is of great significance for the promotion of the ‘One Health’ approach and the development of veterinary industry.”
“Since the relationship between man and animal is closer than ever before in today’s society, protecting their health is also safeguarding ours.” Bennie I.Osburn, dean emeritus of School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis, expected that this international communication platform could play its part well in promoting the training of young veterinarians, and protecting the health of humans and animals as well as the safety of environment.
Chen Huanchun, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and professor of HZAU, made suggestions for the training of veterinary talents in terms of consolidating the basic knowledge of pathology, etiology and epidemiology, understanding the pathogenic and immunological mechanisms, and developing treatment techniques and methods accordingly. He stressed that for veterinarians, their main task is to ensure the health of animals, which in turn will provide humans with high-quality food that is not only delicious and rich in protein but safe and reliable.
Cai Xuepeng, chairman of the China Veterinary Drug Association, pointed out that as non-traditional biological risks including species invasion have been on the rise, it will be a long and arduous journey to protect the health of humans, animals and the safety of environment. “Veterinarians shoulder the mission of safeguarding One Health and the young trainees carry the hope to reach the destination.” He called for stronger support for the commercialization of scientific and technological achievements, international cooperation and communication, as well as the cultivation of innovative young veterinarians.
Source: http://news.hzau.edu.cn/2023/0310/65814.shtml
Translated by Yu Xianqin
Supervised by Xie Lujie
