One Health, veterinarians and the nexus between disease and food security

• Published in: Australian veterinary journal Vol. 95; no. 12; pp. 451 - 453
• Main Authors: Alders, R, de Bruyn, J, Wingett, K, Wong, J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Melbourne Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd 01.12.2017; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Animals; animal‐source foods; Australia; Disease prevention; ecohealth; Environmental health; Ethics; Food; food and nutrition security; Food Microbiology; Food Safety; Food security; Food sources; Food Supply; Humans; livestock production; Newcastle Disease; Noncommunicable Diseases - prevention & control; One Health; planetary health; Poultry; Sustainability; sustainable development; Tanzania; Timor-Leste; Veterinarians; Veterinary surgeons; sustainable development; ecohealth; animal-source foods; livestock production; planetary health; One Health; food and nutrition security
• ISSN: 0005-0423; 1751-0813
• DOI: 10.1111/avj.12645

Achieving ecologically sustainable food systems for people and animals is one of the greatest challenges facing our world today. Four interdisciplinary approaches that promote a holistic, systems approach to disease prevention and food security are introduced. Current domestic and international initiatives that link disease prevention with food and nutrition security are presented, with an emphasis on animal‐source food and examples from Australia, Tanzania and Timor‐Leste. Veterinarians are uniquely placed to use their training in comparative physiology in support of the production of sustainable, nutritious, ethical and safe food delivered with minimal waste to promote human, animal and environmental health.