Preface.
Acknowledgments.
1. The Global Society and Veterinary Medicine.
2. Animal Domestication and Human Society.
3. Cultural Attitudes Concerning the Use of Animals.
4. Animal Agriculture and Food Production Worldwide.
5. Animals, Food Security, and Socioeconomic Development.
6. Animals and the Environment.
7. Preservation of Biodiversity, Wildlife, and Conservation Medicine.
8. Delivery of Animal Health Care Services Worldwide.
9. International Trade, Food Safety, and Animal Disease Control.
10. Career Opportunities in International Veterinary Medicine.
Appendix: Contact Information for Agencies and Organizations: Relevant to International Veterinary Medicine.
Index.
David M. Sherman, DVM, MS, DACVIM, is a graduate of Antioch College. He received his veterinary degree from the Ohio State University in 1977 and a Masters of Science degree in veterinary medicine from the University of Minnesota in 1979. He became board certified in veterinary Internal Medicine in 1990. He has taught large animal clinical medicine at the University of Minnesota and at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine (TUSVM). He is coauthor of the veterinary textbook Goat Medicine, published in 1994. Dr. Sherman joined the Section of International Veterinary Medicine at TUSVM in l990 and was appointed head of section in 1995. He also participated in the creation of the Center for Conservation Medicine at TUSVM and was appointed director of the center in 1997. Currently, Dr. Sherman is the chief of the Bureau of Animal Health for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He is the president of Farm Africa USA and the editor-in-chief of Small Ruminant Research, the journal of the International Goat Association.
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