This project aims to develop a model curriculum that effectively links undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate education to foster leaders who play central roles in the field of zoonoses control. The project was implemented prior to the establishment of CADIC; however, the curriculum developed in this project has now been passed down to CADIC and become one of its most important pursuits.
Globalization has led to the rapid increase in livestock epidemics. It is necessary to develop human resources within the field with the ability to think broadly and independently, to strive for mutual understanding, and to create new values. In this context, CADIC provides educational courses for undergraduates, graduates, and professionals as follows:
University of Miyazaki has selected 20 topics for use as "life science" research projects in priority areas during 2016-2021. Basic Research Project for Zoonoses Control is one of them. CADIC is leading this project, focusing on interdisciplinary research toward the control of zoonoses with units integrating veterinary researchers and medical researchers.
The Epidemic Prevention Consortium was formed with four universities to establish a collaborative research and dispatch system to control animal infectious diseases in Japan in 2018. As of 2020, it consists of eight universities: University of Miyazaki (CADIC), Hokkaido University, Rakuno Gakuen University, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (CEPiA), Azabu University, Gifu University (GeFAH), Tottori University (AZRC), and Kagoshima University (TAD). Within the consortium, we share research information and engage in joint research projects to improve the efficiency and accuracy of research by leveraging the strengths of each organization. We also conduct objective verifications of systems used for infectious disease control in livestock, based on scientific evidence.
The Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS) project, titled "The Acceleration of Livestock Revolution in Thailand aiming to be the Kitchen of the World through the Development of Novel Technologies for Stable Livestock Production and Food Safety," started in 2020. This joint project with Thailand aims to establish a livestock infectious disease control system and safe technologies for meat processing, in the FMD-endemic country. We hope to initiate advanced research related to the diagnosis and prevention of overseas malignant livestock infectious diseases-including FMD-which are difficult to handle in Japan, develop practical new technologies indispensable in disease control, as well as strive to ensure the sustainability of livestock resources and the development of human resources who can play an active role in the global era.
The University of Miyazaki has introduced and operates a university-wide research facility and equipment sharing system in order to maximize the effect of investment in research and development, continuously produce research results at cutting-edge research sites, and respond to new academic fields that are becoming more complex (Division of Research Infrastructure Support ,Organization for Promotion of Research and Industry-Academic Regional Collaboration ). CADIC also participate in this shared system , expand CADIC's strengths in international joint research and regional collaborative research, enhance the acceptance of researchers from overseas and other institutions, promote world-class priority area research, and globalize education and research, thereby strengthening the university's research capabilities.
In response to outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease and highly pathogenic avian influenza, research institutes for livestock infectious diseases have been established at each veterinary university. In 2018, the University of Miyazaki took the lead in organizing the Livestock Epidemic Control Consortium with the aim of building a joint research and education system for important livestock infectious diseases (8 universities are members, as of 2020). This project was implemented with the aim of organically activating this consortium by taking advantage of the characteristics of each organization and building an information database and network on epidemic prevention.
