Military veterinarians refocus on stability operations.

摘要

A stepped-up focus on stability operations by U.S. military deployed in foreign countries is bringing new energy to global veterinary medicine. About a year ago, the Army Veterinary Corps, in keeping with a directive from the Department of Defense, began the process of instilling in its officers the skills, knowledge, and cultural competence the veterinary soldiers need to bring about long-term benefits for the people they're working with. Veterinarians in the U.S. armed forces have for years conducted animal- and public-health related operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and other parts of the world, working to help ensure a safe food supply for the troops and treating the livestock that are the lifeblood of the people in those regions.