June 2018 ZOHU Call

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CE = Free Continuing Education

Topics: Rabies diagnosis in animals using PCR, National Pet Week, and trends in reported vectorborne disease cases

Date: Wednesday, June 6, 2018

Time: 2:00-3:00 pm (Eastern Time)

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Call Materials:

Course access code:
onehealth2018

Webcast:
WC2962-060618
Origination Date: June 6, 2018
Expiration Date: July 9, 2018

Web-on-Demand:
WD2962-060618
Origination Date: July 10, 2018
Expiration Date: July 10, 2020

Webinar Video

Schedule and Speakers:

One Health News from CDC
Casey Barton Behravesh, MS, DVM, DrPH, DACVPM
Captain, U.S. Public Health Service
Director, One Health Office
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CBartonBehravesh@cdc.gov

Rabies diagnosis in animals using PCR
Crystal Gigante, PhD
Microbiologist Fellow
Genomics and Molecular Diagnostics Team
Poxvirus and Rabies Branch
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
lzu1@cdc.gov

AVMA National Pet Week – A Lifetime of Love
Emily Patterson-Kane, PhD
Animal Welfare Scientist
American Veterinary Medical Association
ekane@avma.org

Trends in Reported Vectorborne Disease Cases — United States and Territories, 2004–2016
Ben Beard, MS, PhD
Deputy Director, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
cbb0@cdc.gov

Rabies diagnosis in animals using PCR

AVMA National Pet Week – A Lifetime of Love

Trends in Reported Vectorborne Disease Cases — United States and Territories, 2004–2016

CME: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME^®) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

CNE: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited as a provider of Continuing Nursing Education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

This activity provides 0.8 contact hours.

CEU: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is authorized by IACET to offer 0.1 CEU’s for this program.

CECH: Sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES^®) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES^®) to receive up to 1.0 total Category I continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced level continuing education contact hours available are 0. CDC provider number 98614.

AAVSB/RACE: This program was reviewed and approved by AAVSB RACE program 1.0 for hours of continuing education. Participants should be aware that some boards have limitations on the number of hours accepted in certain categories and/or restrictions on certain methods of delivery of continuing education. Please contact the AAVSB RACE program if you have any comments/concerns regarding this program’s validity or relevancy to the veterinary profession.

DISCLOSURE: In compliance with continuing education requirements, all presenters must disclose any financial or other associations with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters as well as any use of unlabeled product(s) or product(s) under investigational use.

CDC, our planners, presenters, and their spouses/partners wish to disclose they have no financial interests or other relationships with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters.

The planning committee reviewed content to ensure there is no bias.

CDC did not accept commercial support for this activity.

Overall series objectives:

Describe 2 key points from the presentation.
Describe how a multisectoral One Health approach can be applied to the presentation topic.
Identify an implication for animal and human health.
Identify a One Health approach strategy for prevention, detection, or response to public health threats.
Identify 2 new resources from CDC partners.

Objectives covered:

One Health News from CDC – objective 5
Rabies diagnosis in animals using PCR – objectives 2, 3
AVMA National Pet Week – A Lifetime of Love – objectives 1, 5
Trends in Reported Vectorborne Disease Cases — United States and Territories, 2004–2016– objectives 1, 3

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Support/Funding: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, One Health Office
Method of Participation: You may participate in the educational activity by viewing the program information above.
Fees: ZOHU continuing education credits are free.

Page last reviewed: April 25, 2018

Content source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID)