A variant of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) – one that is not an immediate threat to humans – is on the move in the United States in both wild
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Equine Herpesvirus Myeloencephalopathy (EHM)—a devastating, infectious neurological disease affecting horses—continues to threaten equine health.
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Equine herpes virus-1, a sometimes deadly virus that can cause myeloencephalopathy in some infected horses (Equine Herpesvirus Myeloencephalopathy or EHM), has surfaced at one horse farm in Union County, NJ,…
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Who Should Pay for Animal Quarantine?
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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
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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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Bentley, Exposed to Ebola From His Owner, Has Been Quarantined
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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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