ROLE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE IN THE PREDICTION AND PREVENTION OF THE NEXT GLOBAL PANDEMIC

Accumulating evidence indicates that the spillover of viral pathogens fromnatural reservoirs into the human population may initiate a new global pandemic(Kache et al., 2021; Meadows et al., 2023; Plowright et al., 2024; Sparrer et al., 2023;Vora et al., 2022; Vora et al., 2023; Vora et al., 2024; Vora et al., 2021). SevereAcute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which caused theCOVID-19 pandemic (Ralph et al., 2020), is an excellent example of the spillover ofzoonotic betacoronavirus from wild animals into humans (Sparrer et al., 2023;Tugizov, 2021; Tugizov S, 2003a, b, c, 2020).