(Adnkronos) - "Nelle scuole primarie il veterinario insegna ai bambini quello che è il giusto rapporto con gli animali. Se tutti i prodotti di origine animale che si aggiungono alla nostra tavola sono salubri, lo dobbiamo al medico veterinario. Questo, tante persone non lo sanno perché, di solito, il concetto è che il veterinario cura solo gli animali”. Invece, “controllando le malattie degli animali, i veterinari controllano le zoonosi, che sono quelle malattie che vengono trasmesse dagli animali agli uomini”. Così Marco Melosi, presidente dell’Associazione nazionale del medici veterinari italiani (Anmvi), intervenendo alla conferenza stampa in cui sono stati illustrati i risultati dell’attività svolta dal Gruppo di didattica veterinaria nelle scuole. “
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00:00The role of the veterinary doctor assumes a central position in our society.
00:10It is being rediscovered because some aspects of our profession, such as food safety,
00:18if all the products of animal origin that are added to our table are healthy, we owe it to the veterinary doctor.
00:26Many people do not know this, because usually the concept is that the veterinarian is the one who takes care of the animals.
00:33In reality, there is another important part of public veterinary medicine, of public health,
00:39without forgetting the fundamental role they have in the concept of One Health.
00:45In One Health, the veterinarian not only takes care of the animals,
00:50but by controlling the diseases of the animals, they control the zoonoses,
00:55which are diseases that are transmitted from animals to humans,
01:00and so the veterinarian in this, in the concept of One Health, plays a truly transversal and central role.
01:08In addition, thanks to a project that has been going on for 14 years, the veterinarians are present in schools.
01:17So, in primary schools, the veterinarian, with the children, teaches the children what is the right relationship with the animals,
01:28and so this is also an important and divulgative aspect that prepares today's children to be adults with a good relationship with animals.