Pan American Zoonotic Research and Prevention

The purpose of the corporation is to engage in the following activities:

•    Research of diseases that affect both human and animal populations of Latin America especially  zoonotic diseases, emerging and re-emerging diseases,  and neglected tropical diseases;

•    Take part in interventions to limit sickness and death due to theses diseases, including measures to control animal overpopulation, and  improvement of housing and nutrition for animals and humans;

•    Education: educate the lay and medical populations on these diseases, train professionals in research and veterinary medicinal techniques related to these diseases;

•    Utilize non-traditional methods to fund research and bring more veterinarians to research on these diseases
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