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Inadequate Infection Control By Vets Widespread
Wellington :: New Zealand | 6 days ago
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There is an urgent need for our profession to better educate vets about protecting themselves, and by extension the general public, against contracting infection from animals, said Dr Navneet Dhand, from the University's Faculty of Veterinary Science.
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Backyard Chickens: Cute, Trendy Spreaders Of Salmonella
Washington :: DC :: USA | 1 month ago
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Backyard chickens have become a coveted suburban accessory, one that packages cuteness, convenience and local food production in one fluffy feathered package. But animal husbandry can be a nasty business, a fact that's often glossed over by poultry
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Opinion: Cute, cuddly … and deadly?
Clifton :: NJ :: USA | 3 months ago
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George Fenwick, president of the American Bird Conservancy, received a doctorate's degree in pathobiology at the Johns Hopkins University, studying the effects of alien species on native birds...IS an invasive species in the United States responsible
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Media role urged in preventing zoonotic diseases
Chitral :: Pakistan | 3 months ago
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Veterinary experts have urged role of media in making people aware especially those associated with the cattle farming to adopt safety measures to avoid outbreak of diseases transmitted from animals to humans and vice versa. The experts were
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What We Learned About Lyme in 2012
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 5 months ago
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Jan 3, 2013 It's too early to tell whether 2012 was the worst year ever for Lyme disease, as experts predicted it would be, but a number of the pieces of the puzzle over the controversial illness are falling into place. In an article published in The
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Top medicine articles for December 2012
İstanbul :: Turkey | 5 months ago
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TB Gold In-Tube assay in screening new immigrants for tuberculosis infection http://buff.ly/VcF0Rc The articles were selected from my Twitter and Google Reader streams. Please feel free to send suggestions for articles to clinicalcases@gmail.com and
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HEALTH: Predicting the next zoonotic pandemic
New York City :: NY :: USA | 6 months ago
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Chances are high the world's next pandemic will be a disease originating in animals, like 60 percent of current documented human infectious diseases. Even after hundreds of thousands of human deaths from zoonoses (diseases transmitted from animals to
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Dog's squirrel hunting puts health at risk
San Fernando :: CA :: USA | 6 months ago
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Our 4-year-old Chihuahua-shih tzu mix is suddenly interested in stalking and catching the squirrels in our backyard. When he catches them, he plays with their dead bodies the way he does with his stuffed toys. We haven't noticed any blood but are
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Ebola virus found in Kalimantan's orangutan
Surabaya :: Indonesia | 7 months ago
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Researcher Chairil Anwar Nidom told The Jakarta Post on Friday that 65 serum samples collected from 353 healthy orangutans between December 2005 and December 2006 tested positive for Ebola virus...In 2006, we collected the samples and froze them
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E. coli cases linked to pumpkin patch in SW Wash.
Longview :: TX :: USA | 7 months ago
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Health officials in southwest Washington are investigating one confirmed case and another probable case of E. coli-related illness in children who visited a pumpkin patch and petting zoo. Cowlitz County health officials say two children became ill
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