Veterinary Medicine: Veterinary Public Health

What is Veterinary Public Health?

Veterinary public health was defined at a 1999 conference convened by the World Health Organization of the United Nations as "The contributions to the physical, mental and social well being of humans through an understanding and application of veterinary science".

Veterinary Public Health Databases

Public Health Database
Provides access to core public health literature from journals, dissertations, videos, and current newspaper articles on breaking news like pandemics and disaster preparedness.
Formerly ProQuest Public Health.
Access is restricted to current students, faculty, and staff of the University of Saskatchewan, and walk-in users, for educational, research, and non-commercial personal use. Systematic copying or downloading of electronic resource content is not permitted by Canadian and international copyright law.
Global Health
Produced by CABI, this public health database indexes journals, books, book chapters, conference proceedings, patents, theses and more from 150 countries in many subject areas related to health sciences.
Access is restricted to current students, faculty, and staff of the University of Saskatchewan, and walk-in users, for educational, research, and non-commercial personal use. Systematic copying or downloading of electronic resource content is not permitted by Canadian and international copyright law.
MEDLINE (via Ovid)
Find bibliographic citations with abstracts to journal articles in the life sciences with a focus on biomedicine. MEDLINE is the primary component of PubMed.
Access is restricted to current students, faculty, and staff of the University of Saskatchewan, and walk-in users, for educational, research, and non-commercial personal use. Systematic copying or downloading of electronic resource content is not permitted by Canadian and international copyright law.
PubMed
A free resource supporting the search and retrieval of biomedical and life sciences literature with the aim of improving healthboth globally and personally.
This is an Open Access resource freely available on the Internet. Systematic copying or downloading of electronic resource content is not permitted by Canadian and international copyright law.To access full text, you must authenticate with your NSID.
Scopus
Abstract and index database of research literature and quality web sources covering the sciences, technology, and medicine (STM), and social sciences.
Access is restricted to current students, faculty, and staff of the University of Saskatchewan, and walk-in users, for educational, research, and non-commercial personal use. Systematic copying or downloading of electronic resource content is not permitted by Canadian and international copyright law.
CABI: CAB Abstracts & CAB Abstracts Archive
This index and abstract database covers agriculture, forestry, and biosciences literature including journals, books, conference proceedings, reports, and patents, and is part of the Web of Knowledge.
Access is restricted to current students, faculty, and staff of the University of Saskatchewan, and walk-in users, for educational, research, and non-commercial personal use. Systematic copying or downloading of electronic resource content is not permitted by Canadian and international copyright law.

One Health

One Health is an initiative to " better understand and address the contemporary health issues created by the convergence of human, animal, and environmental domains ..." (American Veterinary Medical Association, Exe. Summary).

For more information on One Health, please consult the One Health Research Guide or contact the Veterinary Medicine Liaison Librarian.

Free Relevant Public Health Databases

TOXNET - New Locations for TOXNET Content
TOXNET was retired in Dec. 2019. Most content will remain available through other NLM databases as well as from external websites.
The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) - Animal Health in the World
OIE's overview of International Animal Health, its approach, and involvement and activities in animal health.