DEPARTMENT OF VETERINARY SCIENCE

The Department of Veterinary Science is engaged in biomedical research and epidemiological investigations on zoonoses, or infectious diseases transmitted from animals to humans. Bacterial and viral zoonoses are of major concern to this department.

LABORATORY OF RESERVOIR CONTROL OF ZOONOSES

Epidemiological and pathological analyses of zoonoses in both animals and humans. Studies on virulent factors and pathogenesis of zoonoses, especially focused on companion animal-borne zoonoses, such as SFTS, brucellosis, capnocytophaga infection, orthopoxvirus infection, B virus infection, anaplasmosis, ehrlichiosis, and other zoonoses.

LABORATORY OF TRANSMISSION CONTROL OF ZOONOSES

Molecular and epidemiological studies by the intra- and inter-national laboratory networks focused on the transmission control of zoonoses, such as lyssavirus infections including rabies, and Hendra virus and Nipah virus infections among animals and humans.

LABORATORY OF EMERGING ZOONOSES

Studies on the development of diagnostic methods and control measures for zoonoses that are rare or absent, such as tularemia, coronavirus infections, and hepatitis E, in Japan.

LABORATORY OF ONE HEALTH APPROACH

Epidemiological surveys on zoonoses associated with humans, animals, and the environment, and studies on One Health approach against zoonoses, such as anthrax, and tick-borne and mosquito-borne infectious diseases.

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