VETS7010 Animal Health Policy Development

3

Online

Elective

2

The Animal Health Policy Development unit of study will cover the following topics:

• trends in global trade and consumer demand;
• marketing and movements of animals and animal products;
• relationship between disease and productivity and marketability;
• policy issues in veterinary public health and animal disease;
• integration of economics into animal health policy development;
• the law and how it is developed and applied;
• policy development process.

After studying the Principles of Animal Health Policy Development unit, students will be able to:

• describe the structure and role of Australia's Veterinary Service;
• outline the process of law making and policy development in relation to public health and animal health in Australia;
• outline current policy issues relating to veterinary public health and animal health in Australia;
• discuss strategies used to resolve conflicts among stakeholders and to address the economic, political, technical and social issues that may arise;
• discuss the means whereby veterinary public health and animal health policy is monitored and enforced;
• discuss evaluation and improvement strategies for animal health policy.

This unit of study builds on basic animal health and epidemiological knowledge acquired in the veterinary science undergraduate program and on the Veterinary Epidemiology 1 and Animal Health Economics units of this Program for those who have taken them. If you have not already taken these units, you may need to do some prior reading as indicated below. It is assumed you will have:

• some basic understanding of animal diseases and veterinary epidemiology and how animal disease control and public health programs are carried out.

A basic understanding of these terms was assumed during development of the study materials for Animal Health Policy Development unit:

• policy;
• government;
• quarantine;
• food safety;
• statutory authority;
• risk analysis;
• multilateral negotiations;
• SPS Agreement of WTO;
• biosecurity;
• cabinet;
• legislation;
• critical analysis of literature;
• zoonoses;
• accreditation Program for Australian Veterinarians;
• Animal Health Australia;
• Office International des Epizooties;
• notifiable diseases;
• AQIS;
• Australian Animal Health Laboratory;
• Codex Alimentarius;
• Market Assurance Programs;
• Animal Health Committee;
• Animal Welfare;
• Council of Australian Governments.

Assessment in the Principles of Animal Health Policy Development unit of study will include:

• participation in online class (15%);
• a group assignment (40%);
• an individual report (45%).

• Policy (Concepts in the Social Sciences series)
  Colebatch, H.K., 2009, 3rd edn.
  Open University Press (McGraw-Hill)
  
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