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Dog or beef for dinner?
I think it’s funny the way my roommate from India always asks before taking food from anyone if it contains any beef.If the answer is yes, she tries hard to hide her face of disgust and politely says,...
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Pedigree pet food and pregnancy: Managing cross-contamination risks at home
I am now 6 ½ months pregnant and still somewhat peacefully coexisting with our four pets. But pregnancy has meant giving special attention to handwashing and avoiding cross-contamination.Although I...
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Salmonella can come from pets
Yesterday, a local story in a county newspaper in Texas carried the headline, “Salmonella can come from pets.” The story reported, “Three cases of salmonella among children in Lubbock County since...
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Oregon: Live dangerously with dogs; lose a sandwich
Oregon seems like a lovely place. Never been, although the sense of dopiness in the state has apparently gotten so bad that the state Department of Agriculture has to allocate resources to a public...
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Pets and Service Dogs in grocery stores; the line must be drawn
I am constantly annoyed with pet owners that take their little dogs to the store, especially the grocery store. Oregon is too. The state Department of Agriculture started a public awareness campaign...
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Must love dogs – the Australian Internet dating version
Oh John Cusack and Diane Lane; you were both so cute in the 2005 romantic comedy, Must Love Dogs. And that’s why Jodie O’Brien and her husband, Tom, started www.lovemelovemypet.com.au, a dating website...
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Reverse zoonoses: It’s when people infect animals
We talk a lot about Norovirus because there are a lot of outbreaks and a lot of sick people. Dogs too. In July 2018, recombinant norovirus GII.Pe-GII.4 Sydney was detected in dogs who had diarrhea in a...
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Don’t eat dogs: China finally agrees
China signaled that it is planning to officially ban the eating of dogs after the species was omitted from a list of animals approved for human consumption. The Ministry of Agriculture published a...
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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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