#One Health Initiative

RUSVM debuts new research and pathology building

July 13, 2018

Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine (RUSVM) has opened a new Research and Pathology Building designed to facilitate multidisciplinary research collaborations and better allow students and faculty to address issues relating to the One Health initiative. Located on St. Kitts, an island country in the West Indies, the site is expected to further enhance the school’s research capabilities in a global capacity. Research in the new facility will allow for an improved understanding of …

Canine rabies vaccination promises unexpected benefits

September 28, 2017

New research funded by Morris Animal Foundation shows the rabies vaccine may have a positive impact on overall canine health and is associated with a decrease in death from all causes. Darryn Knobel, BVSc MSc MRCVS PhD, associate professor of epidemiology and population health at Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine recently published his research results in the journal Vaccine. What the findings show The study found that vaccination …

KSU to assume production of One Health Newsletter

September 19, 2017

The One Health Newsletter will now be produced at Kansas State University, school officials announced. The newsletter was initiated in 2008 by the Florida Department of Health and published through the winter 2014. It was then transitioned to the University of Florida’s Emerging Pathogens Institute, which published it until 2017. The first Kansas State University-developed edition of the One Health Newsletter is scheduled for release in October, in advance of International One Health Day on …
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