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MOU forges closer links between CityU and Food Inspection & Quarantine Technical Center (FICS) of Shenzhen
A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the CityU Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences (JCC) and the Food Inspection & Quarantine Technical Centre (FICS) of Shenzhen Customs District on August 21, 2018.
Professor Dirk Pfeiffer contributed to capacity building in veterinary epidemiology in China
Prof. Dirk Pfeiffer (Chair Professor of One Health at the Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences) was one of the lead trainers in a two-day training programme for a group of veterinary epidemiologists who serve in the Government of the People’s Republic of China.
‘Swine fever outbreak prompts call to slaughter Hong Kong pigs separately from imported mainland Chinese lives
Prof. Dirk Pfeiffer (Chair Professor of One Health and Director of the Centre for Applied One Health Research and Policy Advice) said in an article in the South China Morning Post that “Hong Kong authorities needed to do their utmost to keep the virus out of the city given no cure or vaccine for it exists”
Scientific Committee discusses local dengue fever situation and reviews prevention and control strategy
Dr Howard Wong, as a member of the Scientific Committee on Vector-borne Diseases (SCVBD) under the Centre for Health Protection (CPH), took part in a meeting between representatives from the CHP and the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department to review the latest situation of local dengue fever and the Government’s prevention and control measures.
Chief Executive Carrie Lam pledged government support for the Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine programme at nam
Our college, Hong Kong’s first and only veterinary college, has been named Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences in collaboration with Cornell University in a ceremony attended by the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Mrs Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor.
Network analysis and mathematical modelling of livestock trade network provide new insight into the design of
A new study, titled “Livestock trade network: potential for disease transmission and implications for risk-based surveillance on the island of Mayotte”, has recently been published in Scientific Reports.
Wild buffalos at Mai Po Nature Reserve
The Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, Prof. Reichel, and Dr Padalino (Assistant Professor in Animal Behaviour and Welfare at the Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health) recently visited the Mai Po Nature Reserve, a designated Ramsar site and protected site of scientific interest managed by WWF Hong Kong.
Welcome Dr Michael Doube
Dr Michael Doube recently joined the Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health as Associate Professor.
New research makes an important contribution to the global eradication of Peste des Petits Ruminants
Prof. Dirk Pfeiffer (Chair Professor of One Health at the College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences and Director of the Centre for Applied One Health Research and Policy Advice) is part of an international team of researchers from CityU,
One Health and Outbreak Surveillance Symposium in Singapo
Prof. Dirk Pfeiffer, Chair Professor of One Health, was a Plenary Speaker at the “One Health and Outbreak Surveillance Symposium– Integrative Strategies against Infectious Disease Outbreaks” in Singapore on July 13, 2018.