Showing posts with label Pets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pets. Show all posts
Monday, March 30, 2015

A Quail Of A Tale

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26 pounds of confiscated raw Quail Eggs – Credit U.S. Customs   # 9885 Every once in awhile we hear a story about someone attemp...
Saturday, February 28, 2015

It Happens Every Spring

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  # 9767   Baby chicks and ducklings are popular gifts around Easter, but practically every year they are linked to outbreaks of Sa...
Tuesday, October 14, 2014

CDC Q&A: Ebola & Pets

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  # 9191   The decision last week of the Spanish government to euthanize a dog owned by their Ebola-infected Nurse Teresa Romero Ram...
Sunday, July 13, 2014

Family Pets, Zoonoses & An Upcoming COCA Call

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The undisputed ruler of my house   # 8829   An oft-repeated factoid in this blog is that 70% of the infectious diseases plaguing h...
Wednesday, October 03, 2012

Companion Animals & Reverse Zoonosis

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  The undisputed ruler of my house   # 6605   When we think of zoonotic transmission of diseases – we usually think of a patho...
Sunday, June 10, 2012

Prepping For Pets

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      # 6377     Compared to the record setting pace of FEMA disaster declarations we saw in 2011, the first five and half mont...
Saturday, September 24, 2011

NPM11: Disaster Preparedness For Pets

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    Note: This is day 24 of National Preparedness Month .   Follow this year’s campaign on Twitter by searching for the #NPM11 ha...
Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Don’t Forget To Prepare For Your Pets

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      # 5611   Katrina Headed For New Orleans   When Hurricane Katrina took aim at city of New Orleans in 2005, hundreds of ...
Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Companion Animals And Novel H1N1

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    # 5315     Colorized transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of HN1 virus – Credit CDC PHIL)    Unlike `normal’ strain...
Sunday, September 12, 2010

NPM10: Disaster Preparedness For Pets

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    Note:  Day 12 of National Preparedness Month and a good time for a reminder that family preparedness  can also mean making provi...
Saturday, May 08, 2010

National Animal Disaster Preparedness Day

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      # 4554   Katrina Headed For New Orleans     When Hurricane Katrina set its course towards the city of New Orleans...