Certified CE Training in Honey Bee Health Now Available for Veterinarians
Certified CE Training in Honey Bee Health Now Available for Veterinarians
Earthquake Jolts Both Cities and Farms on California’s North Coast
University of California’s Western Institute for Food Safety & Security, WIFSS, has long worked with agriculture to prepare, respond, and recover from natural disasters.
40th Annual Eco Farm Conference | January 22-25, 2020 | Pacific Grove, CA
Sara Garcia and Heather Johnson of WIFSS managed a booth the 40th annual Eco Farm Conference at the Asilomar Conference Grounds in Pacific Grove.
Congratulations Chris Brunner!!!
Chris Brunner who has been with the School of Veterinary Medicine since 1990 is retiring effective February 29, 2020.
Educating about Honey Bee Health
It was a war on plastics that earned Return of the King the championship medals of the 2018 Lunchtime Challenge. The spirit of teamwork instilled at the UC Davis, WIFSS-coordinated One Health Conference will serve as a model for collaboration in future endeavors for addressing the health of people,l animals and the environment in which we all live.
One Health Conferences Inspire Lunchtime Challenges
It was a war on plastics that earned Return of the King the championship medals of the 2018 Lunchtime Challenge. The spirit of teamwork instilled at the UC Davis, WIFSS-coordinated One Health Conference will serve as a model for collaboration in future endeavors for addressing the health of people,l animals and the environment in which we all live.
From Ranchers to Emergency Planners, WIFSS Provides Disaster Planning Assistance
As wildfire season rages along the west coast, wrecking havoc on rural communities from California to Washington state, there is no better time to learn how to prepare, manage, and plan for disasters. In an ongoing partnership with RDPC and The Department of Homeland Security, WIFSS trained a diverse group of professionals on creating a thorough disaster preparedness and response plan.
Protecting our Food and Agriculture
Finding real world solutions to issues facing Sweden and the U.S. from threats of agroterrorism is the driving force behind the WIFSS-Sweden partnership. A three-member delegation of Swedish government officials met with WIFSS personnel in April as part of an ongoing collaboration to better understand the dangers and vulnerability of antagonistic threats to food and agriculture.
Fighting the Spread of Infections at Dairies
Rob Atwill and Jennifer Chase of the Atwill Water and Foodborne Zoonotic Disease Laboratory begin a four-year study on dairy worker health with the aim to prevent infections at dairies.
Interventions to Reduce Dairy Worker Infection from Cryptosporidium
Dr. Rob Atwill will present at the final WCAHS Seminar for 2017-2018 on Monday, June 4 at 4pm. He will present on “Modeling the Expected Benefits of Preventive Interventions to Reduce Dairy Worker Infection from Bovine Cryptosporidium Parvum.”