title: [Challenges and perspectives of veterinary public health].
abstract: This article presents the conceptual basis for veterinary public health-VPH, including historical aspects of its constitution and development, its fields of action, and its current challenges. It also presents a reflection on VPH within the frame of the veterinary services and it finally proposes that education plays a fundamental role in order to face the challenges of a new era.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y de Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional de Colombia. lcvilla@bacata.usc.unal.edu.co
authors.forename: Luis C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Villamil Jiménez
authors.forename: Jaime R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Romero
mesh_terms: D003105:Colombia; D004520:Education, Veterinary; D011634:Public Health / Q000193:education / Q000639:trends; D014730:Veterinary Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends