WHAT IF...
We could reduce world hunger?
We Can
Veterinarians are at the forefront of finding solutions for world hunger. From preventing the catastrophic spread of diseases like Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in food animals, to reducing antibiotic resistance, to preventing foodborne illnesses, veterinarians are vital to creating stable food production.
Faculty Spotlight
Dr. Sara Garcia discusses how she is helping with food security both here and internationally.
Food Security at UC Davis Veterinary Medicine
Western Institute for Food Safety and Security
The Western Institute for Food Safety and Security serves the global community by conducting research, developing training, and providing outreach programs that focus on safer, better quality food systems, water quality, and healthy animals, to safeguard the health and security of people, animals, and the environment.
Find out more about the Western Institute for Food Safety and Security
Center for Food Animal Health
The Center for Food Animal Health, the veterinary program in the Agricultural Experiment Station, addresses animal, public, and environmental health needs related to food animal agriculture in California.
Find out more about the Center for Food Animal Health
Center for Animal Disease Modeling and Surveillance
The Center for Animal Disease Modeling and Surveillance uses mathematical/statistical models to simulate natural disease conditions to develop models and modeling systems in the area of animal disease, from cattle to fish.
Find out more about the Center for Animal Disease Modeling and Surveillance
California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System
The California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System is the backbone of the warning system that serves the people of California by safeguarding the public health with rapid and reliable diagnoses for animal diseases including those affecting humans. CAHFS operates in partnership with the California Department of Food and Agriculture, UC Davis, veterinarians, and livestock and poultry producers.
Find out more about the California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System
Veterinary Medicine Extension
Serving everyone from backyard farmers to commodity groups, Veterinary Medicine Extension develops and disseminates to the people of California new knowledge about animal health and human health relative to animals or animal products.
Global Health
"The school’s Rx One Health field course presented itself as the perfect opportunity to learn about the connectedness of things. For example, we learned how maintaining healthy watersheds is crucial to maintaining healthy ecosystems and communities."
— Peruvian Ph.D. student Andrea Lavarello Schettini, DVM, MPH, (left) with Rx One Health classmates
Let’s do it…together
Help make these “What ifs” a reality.