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One Health and One Welfare

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

How do we measure health? (General)

Back (Answer)

Growth Reproduction (Food Animals) Behaviour (what’s normal for the species?)

#2
Front (Question)

How do we measure health? (food animals)

Back (Answer)

Grow rapidly (broiler chickens) Reproduce efficiently (swine) Milk production (dairy cattle) Gain lean weight rapidly (beef cattle) Performance (horses) Healthy food products (food animals)

#3
Front (Question)

How do we measure health? (companion animals)

Back (Answer)

Very similar to how we measure humans Lifespan Behaviour Friendliness Potential for zoonotic disease

#4
Front (Question)

Disease

Back (Answer)

An interruption or disorder of body functions, systems, or organs

#5
Front (Question)

How do you recognize a morbid entity?

Back (Answer)

A morbid entity has two of the following: - Recognized causative agents - Identifiable group of signs and conditions - Consistent anatomical alteration

#6
Front (Question)

Which organization care about animal health

Back (Answer)

• Health Canada • WHO • Public Health Agency of Canada • Agriculture and Agi-Food Canada • Whole Health Organization for Animal Health • Canadian Food Agency

#7
Front (Question)

Why does animal health matter?

Back (Answer)

-One health - welfare of animals - Food production - Global trade - Economics

#8
Front (Question)

How do we maintain health and help prevent disease?

Back (Answer)

• Environmental management • Nutrition • Genetics • Human interactions • Preventative medicine • Biosecurity

#9
Front (Question)

What are some aspects of Environment and Management

Back (Answer)

• Pathogen exposure • Hygiene • Exposure to elements

#10
Front (Question)

Problems regarding nutrition?

Back (Answer)

• Malnutrition • Over nutrition (includes overweightedness and too much nutrients) • Inappropriate nutrition (provided a diet that does not maintain their health)

#11
Front (Question)

What problems arise from genetics?

Back (Answer)

• Susceptibility to disease • Inappropriate nutrition

#12
Front (Question)

Koch’s Postulates

Back (Answer)

• The microorganism needs to be found in abundance in all organisms suffering from the disease • Microorganism must be isolated from a diseased organism and frown in pure culture • The cultured microorganism should cause disease when introduced into a healthy organism • The microorganism must be re-isolated form the inoculated diseased experimental host and identified to be identical to the original

#13
Front (Question)

Zoonoses

Back (Answer)

A disease or infection where infection is naturally transferable from animals to humans

#14
Front (Question)

Reverse zoonoses

Back (Answer)

A human disease is transferable to animals

#15
Front (Question)

What % of human disease are zoonotic

Back (Answer)

62% of infectious human pathogens are zoonoses 75% of emerging human infections are zoonotic

#16
Front (Question)

One health approach

Back (Answer)

Humans, animals, and ecosystems are all connected and must be treated for people to be healthy

#17
Front (Question)

5 Domains Welfare Framework

Back (Answer)

• Nutrition • Physical Environment • Health • Behavioural Interaction • Mental/Affective state

#18
Front (Question)

What determines welfare?

Back (Answer)

A combination of physical and mental state - Supporting both individual physical and mental needs - coping ability - Opportunities for positive experiences (not just avoiding bad ones)

#19
Front (Question)

How do animals benefit human welfare?

Back (Answer)

• Increased socialization • Increased exercise • Sense of companionship • Decreased anxiety

#20
Front (Question)

How do animals negatively affect human welfare?

Back (Answer)

• Financial concerns • Wealth • Lack of infrastructure support • Health and behaviour issues • Human mental heath issues make it hard to care for animals

#21
Front (Question)

Is violence towards animals an accurate indicator of human directed violence?

Back (Answer)

YES (Animals are also often used as leverage to keep people in abusive situations)

#22
Front (Question)

Hoe do you use One Welfare to approach animal and human related violence?

Back (Answer)

• Provide resources and safe havens for victims of violence with pets

#23
Front (Question)

Do human mental issues affect your pet?

Back (Answer)

Yep. A human’s mental and social detriments are strong predictors of animal welfare issues (Ex. Humans with anxiety are more likely to have dogs with anxiety)

#24
Front (Question)

How does the environment affect animal health?

Back (Answer)

• Decreasing bird populations due to city lights, traffic noise, and lack of habitat • Climate change (for obvious reasons) • Lower bird populations = Increased insect populations = Increased potential for vector borne disease