Redefining the human, animal, and environmental connection
September 12, 2024Residents of the Los Palos community and its surroundings signed up for the activity held on Saturday, September 7, aimed at households that live with ruminant animals, and which aimed to promote animal, human and environmental health, three interconnected concepts known as “One Health”.
Thus, sheep and cows were the focus of a theoretical and practical workshop on farm animal health management, conducted by the Kreen Foundation in conjunction with the Aysén Municipality’s Farmers’ Office, as part of the foundation’s “Raising Health” project.
As shared during the workshop, an example of the interdependence between human, environmental, and animal health is hydatidosis, or echinococcosis, a disease caused by the tapeworm Echinococcosis granulosus. This parasite lives in dogs, which then transmit it through their feces to humans or livestock when they consume contaminated pasture or water. Tomás Aguilar, a veterinarian with the Farmers’ Office, pointed out at the workshop that this is one of the most common zoonotic diseases in the region.
Participants also learned about injection techniques and routes, the health calendar, medications used for deworming and vaccination, body condition scoring, age estimation using dental chronology, and hoof trimming, among other topics.
