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Billy Karesh

Dr. William (Billy) Karesh — wildlife veterinarian and founder/president of One Health Concepts; former Executive VP for Health & Policy at EcoHealth Alliance, founder of the Wildlife Conservation Society's Field Veterinary Program, and the veterinarian who coined the term "One Health" in 2003.

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Aug 23, 2026

Wildlife Health Talks

Wildlife Health Talks

#90 Billy Karesh and how the One Health term was born

Aug 23 · 28m

Kat FendallHOST

5:05

I assume you will correct me, but did the WDA play a role in changing that or, yeah?

Billy KareshGUEST

5:10

I'm not, I think I just look that old.

Billy KareshGUEST

5:15

I'm not, I pro- was not involved.

Billy KareshGUEST

5:17

[laughs] I was not a pioneer of wildlife health and wildlife vets, and there was a big group.

Billy KareshGUEST

5:23

And I'm sure at WDA there were already, at that time, 3 or 400 members.

Billy KareshGUEST

5:29

So I wasn't in that original group, but now we have 2,000 members, so yes, it has changed.

Billy KareshGUEST

5:34

And a lot more people are working in that field of, in that profession.

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Kat FendallHOST

25:52

If you could choose all over again or have another lifetime, is there any other career you would choose to just try out? Be a dentist or baker or anything random, or would you always choose this very same thing again?