The cost of quarantining an animal can be high. A recent extraordinary example is the reported $27,000 price tag for the quarantine of Bentley, the King Charles spaniel owned by
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Lessons Learned from Animal Quarantines – Understanding Ebola Quarantines
People concerned about the ebola quarantines of health workers returning from Africa might be interested in how quarantines issued during animal disease outbreaks have helped save lives.
In 2006, while
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Ebola Quarantines-Learning From Horses
As expected, there is talk of legal action by nurse Kaci Hickox, who was quarantined in New Jersey after allegedly having a fever upon her homecoming to the U.S. during
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More on Bentley’s Ebola Quarantine
Bentley, Nina Pham’s Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, has not only been quarantined as a result of Pharm’s infection with the Ebola-virus, he has apparently also
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Bentley, Exposed to Ebola From His Owner, Has Been Quarantined
Bentley, the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel owned Nina Pham, the nurse infected with the Ebola virus after caring for the recently deceased Thomas Eric Duncan, has been quarantined but there
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Pets should be protected from Ebola, not euthanized
The impending court-ordered euthanasia of Excalibur-the dog owned by the Ebola infected nurse’s aide in Spain-is not only unnecessary from an animal and public health perspective, it is a dangerous
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