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barfblog and a song; 118 sick from campy in puppies
We have escaped to Coff’s Harbour, about five hours south of Brisbane, for our annual hockey tournament at the Big Banana, which has a small ice rink so we play 3-on-3, and where Russell Crowe...
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Maria Fredriksson-Ahomaa writes in Foodborne Pathogens and Disease that wild boar populations around the world have increased dramatically over past decades. Climate change, generating milder winters...
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How can you have your pudding if you don’t eat your meat? Pink Floyd figured...
Compelling stories are what get people to pay attention. The U.S Centers for Disease Control in 2011, when an outbreak of variant virus infections* in people was linked to exposure to pigs at...
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Predicting zoonotic Salmonella from livestock
Increasingly, routine surveillance and monitoring of foodborne pathogens using whole-genome sequencing is creating opportunities to study foodborne illness epidemiology beyond routine outbreak...
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The Tripartite Zoonotic Guide (TZG): Worst catchphrase ever, but important
Every day I see jobs being advertised for communications and marketing types that I know I am qualified for and it would be nice to have a paycheck, but then I look at what is produced and realize I...
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Zoonoses in Minnesota
Prospective, population-based surveillance to systematically ascertain exposures to food production animals or their environments among Minnesota residents with sporadic, domestically acquired,...
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Practical ways to help vets during COVID-19
Maureen Anderson writes in the Worms & Germs Blog, “the COVID-19 pandemic has put a lot of strain on a lot of people, and those in the veterinary profession are no exception. Thank you, Captain...
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Is quarantine the right time to get a puppy?
Yes We got George, to go with Ted, a few weeks ago when he was 8 weeks old. I’ve had turtles that small but never a dog Ronda Kaysen of the New York Times asked the same question a week ago. For Julie...
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Tough mudders beware: there is E. coli risk
In August 2018, Public Health England (PHE) was made aware of five probable cases of Shiga toxin‐producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157:H7 among individuals reporting participation in a mud‐based...
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Stray cat blues and zoonoses
Although trained in molecular biology, genetics and food science, I always had a desire to additionally express my creativity as a writer. In 1986I put aside my fears and made my way to the second...
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