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Letters BOVINE TB
Mycobacterium bovis infection in cats and people INTERDISCIPLINARY collaboration is the key to the concept of ‘One Health’ (Gibbs 2014) and communication is clearly an important element of such collaboration. A news item in last week’s Veterinary Record (April 5, 2014, vol 174, p 337) refers to a short communication by Roberts and others (2014) describing a cluster of bovine TB cases in cats and it also summarises a Health Protection Report (Public Health England 2014) describing the public health 384 | Veterinary Record | April 12, 2014
investigation into the human contacts of these cats. When these two reports were published, there was considerable press interest in the first reported cat-to-human transmissions of Mycobacterium bovis and I believe that veterinary practitioners would have benefited from being able to refer to both original reports together in one publication, ie, Veterinary Record. They would then have been in a much better position to advise their clients on these events and on the animal and public health risks. This would have been a good opportunity to put ‘One Health’ into action. Rick Sless, Easter Gauldwell, Craigellachie, Aberlour, Moray AB38 9QX e-mail: [email protected]
References
GIBBS, E. P. J. (2014) The evolution of One Health: a decade of progress and challenges for the future. Veterinary Record 174, 85-91 PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND (2014) Mycobacterium bovis and cat-to-human transmission in the UK. Health Protection Reports 8, No 12. www.hpa.org.uk/hpr/ archives/2014/hpr01214_AA_zoos.pdf. Accessed April 7, 2014 ROBERTS, T., O’CONNOR, C., NUÑEZ-GARCIA, J., DE LA RUA-DOMENECH, R. & SMITH, N. H. (2014) Unusual cluster of Mycobacterium bovis infection in cats. Veterinary Record doi: 10.1136/vr.102457
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Gazette Letters
Letters BOVINE TB
Mycobacterium bovis infection in cats and people INTERDISCIPLINARY collaboration is the key to the concept of ‘One Health’ (Gibbs 2014) and communication is clearly an important element of such collaboration. A news item in last week’s Veterinary Record (April 5, 2014, vol 174, p 337) refers to a short communication by Roberts and others (2014) describing a cluster of bovine TB cases in cats and it also summarises a Health Protection Report (Public Health England 2014) describing the public health 384 | Veterinary Record | April 12, 2014
investigation into the human contacts of these cats. When these two reports were published, there was considerable press interest in the first reported cat-to-human transmissions of Mycobacterium bovis and I believe that veterinary practitioners would have benefited from being able to refer to both original reports together in one publication, ie, Veterinary Record. They would then have been in a much better position to advise their clients on these events and on the animal and public health risks. This would have been a good opportunity to put ‘One Health’ into action. Rick Sless, Easter Gauldwell, Craigellachie, Aberlour, Moray AB38 9QX e-mail: [email protected]
References
GIBBS, E. P. J. (2014) The evolution of One Health: a decade of progress and challenges for the future. Veterinary Record 174, 85-91 PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND (2014) Mycobacterium bovis and cat-to-human transmission in the UK. Health Protection Reports 8, No 12. www.hpa.org.uk/hpr/ archives/2014/hpr01214_AA_zoos.pdf. Accessed April 7, 2014 ROBERTS, T., O’CONNOR, C., NUÑEZ-GARCIA, J., DE LA RUA-DOMENECH, R. & SMITH, N. H. (2014) Unusual cluster of Mycobacterium bovis infection in cats. Veterinary Record doi: 10.1136/vr.102457
doi: 10.1136/vr.g2664
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Mycobacterium bovis infection in cats and people Rick Sless Veterinary Record 2014 174: 384
doi: 10.1136/vr.g2664 Updated information and services can be found at: http://veterinaryrecord.bmj.com/content/174/15/384.3
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