Korean veterinary medicine is a member of a major health profession with its own system of education, licensing, organization, and ethics, and a pioneering profession in his or her scientific knowledge and skills for the benefit society through the promotion of animal health, the relief of suffering, the conservation of livestock resources, the promotion of public health, biomedical work for medicine including comparative medicine, and the advancement of medical knowledge. This manuscript is to emphasize the role of the Korean public health veterinarians preparing the twenty-first century in public health service for humans.

ABSTRACT
 Introduction
 Veterinary Public Health
 Field of Veterinary Public Health Service
 Research in Veterinary Public Health
 Veterinarians in the Armed Forces
 Conclusion
 References

• 이원창(건국대학교 수의과대학) | Won-Chang Lee (College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University)
• 홍종해(강원대학교 수의과대학) | Chong-Hae Hong (College of Veterinary Medicine, Kangwon National University) Correspondence