One Health Approach to Zoonotic Disease

In this activity, learners read a news article about a zoonotic disease event and respond to discussion or writing prompts. 

Resource

Provide a news article with a description of a zoonotic disease event: Black Death aside, we know surprisingly little about rodents and disease

Discussion or Writing Prompts:

1. Describe the disease risks you identified when reading the article.
2. Share your thoughts on the different stakeholders/sectors that could have an interest in the assessment of risk related to rodent carried? (examples to explore include):some text
   1. Animal health
   2. Human health
   3. Ecology
   4. Animal/Crop Agriculture
   5. Population biology
   6. Virology
   7. Pest management
3. How do you think a narrow focus on one of these sectors might be incomplete or have unintended adverse consequences?some text
   1. What do you think might be some strategies to avoid these consequences?
   2. What are the benefits and challenges to implementing these strategies?

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