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Richard Halliwell and colleagues believe that it can, on the basis of a survey they conducted to assess the incidence of poor mental health and wellbeing in recent veterinary graduates, and workplace factors that might be associated with this.
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Estresse Psicológico/epidemiologia , Médicos Veterinários/psicologia , Medicina Veterinária/organização & administração , Estudos Transversais , Inquéritos Epidemiológicos , Humanos , Apoio Social , Estresse Psicológico/prevenção & controle , Reino Unido/epidemiologia , Médicos Veterinários/estatística & dados numéricos , Local de Trabalho/psicologiaRESUMO
It is an unfortunate fact that not only has veterinary education failed to adapt in the face of likely future needs, but it has also failed to respond to societal changes that have already taken place and that have affected the requirements for veterinary services and veterinary capability. The responsibility is primarily that of educators, although vision and foresight require a co-ordinated approach involving national and international veterinary organisations. Once it is accepted by all parties that change is essential, the implementation will fail unless there is a unified programme involving the schools and colleges, the accrediting agencies, the licensing authorities, governments, the professional organisations and corporate veterinary medicine. All have a role to play, and any one can readily block progress. A unified approach is an absolute requirement. The developed countries must take a leading role, but the issues are global, and ways must be found to facilitate change in all parts of the world. Disease knows no boundaries, and any strategy is only as strong as its weakest link.
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Currículo , Educação em Veterinária , Faculdades de Medicina Veterinária/organização & administração , Medicina Veterinária , Acreditação , Animais , Educação em Veterinária/organização & administração , Educação em Veterinária/normas , Educação em Veterinária/tendências , Saúde Global , Humanos , Cooperação Internacional , Liderança , Inovação Organizacional , Faculdades de Medicina Veterinária/normas , Faculdades de Medicina Veterinária/tendências , Medicina Veterinária/organização & administração , Medicina Veterinária/normas , Medicina Veterinária/tendênciasRESUMO
Richard Halliwell is concerned by criticisms of the veterinary profession in the recent select committee report on a new Veterinary Surgeons Act. He fears that a lack of leadership and division within the veterinary profession may have contributed to loss of influence, and makes some suggestions for putting that right.
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Liderança , Modelos Organizacionais , Autonomia Profissional , Medicina Veterinária/organização & administração , Medicina Veterinária/tendências , Humanos , Legislação Veterinária , Reino Unido , Medicina Veterinária/normasRESUMO
A short communication on page 415 of this issue of The Veterinary Record draws attention to the high suicide rate among members of the veterinary profession. In this article, Professor Richard Halliwell, who has recently chaired a series of meetings on this matter at the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, and Mr Brian Hoskin, chairman of the Veterinary Benevolent Fund, describe some of the support mechanisms available to veterinary surgeons and discuss what more might be done.
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Educação em Veterinária/normas , Prevenção do Suicídio , Médicos Veterinários/psicologia , Esgotamento Profissional , Depressão/etiologia , Feminino , Humanos , Inteligência , Masculino , Suicídio/estatística & dados numéricos , Reino Unido , Mulheres Trabalhadoras/psicologiaRESUMO
The aim of the study was to assess whether infection with Toxocara cati (T. cati) facilitates the induction of immunoglobulin (Ig) E or other antibody responses to a specific antigen administered with food in kittens. Two groups of 10 cats each, either experimentally infected with T. cati or parasite-free, were dosed with human serum albumin (HSA) added daily to their food from day 7 to 28 inclusive. Levels of HSA-specific IgE, IgG, IgA and IgM were assessed in the serum by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in both groups of cats at weeks 0, 2, 4 and 8. Although weak, an IgE response was detected in most of the cats 1 week after exposure to HSA. However, HSA-specific IgG and IgA could only be detected from the third week after exposure to HSA. The group of parasitized cats had significantly higher levels of HSA-specific antibodies of the IgG and IgA at weeks 4 and 8 (p<0.05 by Mann-Whitney) and IgE isotypes at weeks 2 and 4 (p<0.05 by analysis of variance (ANOVA)) than did the group of parasite-free cats. Specific IgM antibody was not detected in the sera of any of the 20 cats. These findings are supportive of a role of T. cati infection in enhancing the IgE response to orally administered antigens, and hence possibly, in genetically susceptible individuals, in the development of food hypersensitivity.
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Anticorpos/sangue , Doenças do Gato/imunologia , Albumina Sérica/imunologia , Toxocaríase/imunologia , Animais , Doenças do Gato/parasitologia , Gatos , Feminino , Hipersensibilidade Alimentar/imunologia , Hipersensibilidade Alimentar/veterinária , Humanos , Imunoglobulina A/sangue , Imunoglobulina G/sangue , Imunoglobulina M/sangue , MasculinoRESUMO
We have previously shown that infestation with Psoroptes ovis induces an IgE response and intense tissue eosinophilia, typical of a Type I hypersensitivity response [Parasite Immunol. 22 (2000) 407]. Intradermal tests (IDSTs) suggest that there are also delayed and Arthus-type responses to this parasite. In order to study the nature of ovine cutaneous reactions to P. ovis, naïve controls and experimentally infested sheep (n = 5) were challenged intradermally with mite antigen. Challenge elicited immediate (P < 0.001) and delayed (P < 0.005) wheal reactions in sensitised sheep. At 6 (P < 0.02) and 30 h (P < 0.001) the predominant infiltrating cells were eosinophils. To explore the role of circulating antibodies, naïve sheep (n = 5) were subjected to Prausnitz-Kustner (PK) tests. These elicited immediate (P < 0.02) but not delayed wheal reactions. At 6 h eosinophils (P < 0.001) dominated the infiltrate. These results suggest that P. ovis allergens provoke an IgE-dependent immediate and late phase response and a cell-mediated eosinophil-rich delayed-type hypersensitivity response (ER-DTH).