By Dr. Tarekegn Tintagu; Course Code: Vetm4172Veterinary public health II deals with basic characteristics of common and important zoonotic diseases with emphasis on the use of such knowledge in the establishment of preventive and control strategies specific for theses zoonoses under tropical conditions. Specifically, the course deals with concepts and epidemiology of zoonotic diseases, emerging and re-emerging zoonotic diseases, bacterial, viral and parasitic diseases under tropical conditions, concepts in zoonotic disease outbreak investigations, principles in zoonotic diseases control and prevention