What is Veterinary Health?

Veterinary Health: Research & Overview | Veterinary Healthcare

Overview

Veterinary health, or veterinary medicine, is the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and management of disease and the maintenance of well-being and productivity across animal species. It sits at the intersection of animal welfare, public health, and the One Health framework that recognizes the interdependence of human, animal, and environmental health. Infectious disease is a major focus, spanning bacterial pathogens of clinical and zoonotic significance shed by companion animals, foodborne organisms such as Campylobacter, and parasitic infections detected through fecal examination in livestock. Antimicrobial resistance is an urgent dimension, exemplified by carbapenem-resistant avian pathogenic Escherichia coli in poultry, where resistant organisms in food-producing animals threaten both flock health and human medicine. The discipline also encompasses oncology, including canine mammary tumors and osteosarcoma, surgical emergencies such as gastric dilatation-volvulus, and reproduction and fertility management in cattle and buffalo that underpins agricultural productivity. By addressing zoonoses, food safety, and the responsible use of antimicrobials, veterinary health protects not only individual animals and herds but also human populations and ecosystems. Its practice combines herd-level epidemiology and biosecurity with individual clinical care, diagnostics, and therapeutics, situating the animal patient firmly within the broader human-animal-environment health interface.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2018

Profiling Flight Performance of Young Racing Pigeons (Columba Livia) in Training

Scullion F.T.Corresponding author

Veterinary Services, N. Ireland

Veterinary Healthcare Cited by 6 doi:10.14302/issn.2575-1212.jvhc-17-1796

2020

Investigation of Emerging Risk Factors and Isolation of Potential Pathogenic Bacteria from Domestic Dog Stool in Port Harcourt Metropolis, Niger Delta

O AzuonwuCorresponding author

Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Medical Bacteriology/Virology/Parasitology Unit, Rivers State University, Nkpolu-Oroworukwo, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

Zoological Research Cited by 2 doi:10.14302/issn.2694-2275.jzr-20-3537

2020

Investigation of Neoplastic Cells in the Bone Marrow of Female Dogs with Mammary Gland Tumors

R.R. Moreira PamelaCorresponding author

Veterinary Healthcare doi:10.14302/issn.2575-1212.jvhc-20-3434

2016

Prevalence of Campylobacter Species in Out-Patients and Pregnant Women Attending Government Clinics in Sokoto State, Nigeria

Okwundu Nwankwo InnocentCorresponding author

Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, Nigeria.

Preventive Medicine And Care Cited by 6 doi:10.14302/issn.2474-3585.jpmc-16-1114

2019

Relationship Between the Immunodetection of Alpha-Smooth Muscle Actin and the Aggressiveness of Mammary Papillar Tumors in Female Dog

Rodrigues Reina Moreira PamelaCorresponding author

Department of Veterinary Pathology, UNESP – FCAV – Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Jaboticabal city, São Paulo State, Brazil.

Veterinary Healthcare doi:10.14302/issn.2575-1212.jvhc-19-3101

2025

Parasitological Examination of Fecal Samples from Sheep, Goats, and Cattle at the Techiman Slaughterhouse

Prince Kyere DwaahCorresponding author

Parasite Research doi:10.14302/issn.2690-6759.jpar-25-5392

2020

Observations and analysis of risk factors for GDV in a single institution: a case-control study

di Virgilio FabrizioCorresponding author

DVM, Clinique Vétérinaire Vet24 – 59700 – Marcq en Baroeul, France

Veterinary Healthcare Cited by 2 doi:10.14302/issn.2575-1212.jvhc-20-3225

2018

Effect of Oxytetracycline Treatment on Postpartum Reproductive Performance in Dairy Buffalo-Cows with Retained Placenta in Egypt

A Elmetwally MohammedCorresponding author

Department of Theriogenology, Veterinary Medicine Faculty, Mansoura University, Mansoura 36615, Egypt

Veterinary Healthcare Cited by 29 doi:10.14302/issn.2575-1212.jvhc-18-2146

2017

Canine Periosteal Osteosarcoma

Noronha de Toledo GabrielaCorresponding author

Department of Clinic and Veterinary Surgery, School of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences (FCAV), Universidade Estadual Paulista – UNESP, Campus Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil.

Veterinary Healthcare Cited by 2 doi:10.14302/issn.2575-1212.jvhc-17-1574

2020