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AAHA issues guidelines on infection control
Hospital-acquired infections are an ongoing battle for health care facilities in both human and veterinary medicine.
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Speaker: Animal hospitals must practice infection control
Dr. Pantaleon presented three sessions on biosecurity—and infection control—during a daylong track at the annual meeting of the
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Infection control guide available from Canadian committee
An infection control guide sponsored by the Canadian Committee on Antibiotic Resistance is intended to reduce risks of pathogen transmission among…
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Survey to assess infection control practices and zoonotic diseases
An outbreak of monkeypox demonstrated the need for veterinarians to be protected from the inherent risk that zoonotic diseases pose
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Survey of veterinary infection control practices mailed to some AVMA members
The national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the AVMA are collaborating on a joint project titled Survey of
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Pet reptiles and Salmonella infection
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had released reports of Salmonella outbreak investigations from 2014
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Mass chicken depopulation to control infectious laryngotracheitis
About 1.4 million chickens were killed in a mass depopulation to control the spread of a viral upper respiratory tract infection discovered in early…
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Pet ferret in Florida develops SARS-CoV-2 infection
A pet ferret in Florida developed an infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus in September, becoming the first of its species with a known natural…
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Wildlife a concern in BVDV control
Lessons from tuberculosis eradication attempts could improve bovine viral diarrhea virus control programs.
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Marine mammals succumbing to dual-parasite infections
A National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases study identified a link between severe illness and co-infection with Sarcocystis neurona and…
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Veterinarians advised to watch for drug-resistant ringworm infections
Ringworm infections caused by the novel Trichophyton indotineae fungus have been reported in human populations worldwide, including the United States.…
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DEA seeks options for disposal of controlled substances by users
When veterinarians dispense controlled substances to clients, the clients have few legal methods to dispose of any remaining
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NAVTA, Virox launch certificate program in infection prevention
The National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America, in partnership with Virox Technologies, has launched The Infection Prevention Leader…
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Pig at Minnesota fair infected with H1N1
At least one pig at the Minnesota State Fair contracted the 2009 Novel H1N1 influenza virus. The U.S. Department of Agriculture
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More dogs, cats infected with SARS-CoV-2
In July, pets in Arizona, California, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, and Wisconsin became the most recent confirmed positive…
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Group updates guidance on parasite control
The Companion Animal Parasite Council has issued new guidelines relevant to Lyme disease and regional parasitic diseases in general and has updated…
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California cow had lone known BSE infection
Federal agriculture authorities found no threat to human health from a California cow discovered in April to have been infected with an atypical form…
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Detection dogs identify COVID-19 infections
Results of a recent study suggest people with COVID-19 produce a scent that is identifiable by trained detection dogs.
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Definitions of antimicrobial use for treatment, control, and prevention
AVMA provides definitions for treatment, prevention, and control in the context of antimicrobial use in individual animals or populations of animals.
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Vaccines may be key to controlling FMD
Scientists need to intensify their research into the use of vaccination to control an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease
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Tactics analyzed in fighting remaining brucellosis infections
Lingering cases connected with wildlife exposure
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Some veterinarians at increased risk of avian influenza virus infection
Veterinarians who work with birds are at an increased risk for avian influenza infection and should be among those with priority
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Rabies control efforts funded
The Commodity Credit Corporation has transferred $5.4 million to the Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health
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Rabies variant absent as Arizona's infections decline
A bat-associated rabies virus variant that spread among northern Arizona's terrestrial wildlife in previous years was not found in those animals in…
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Human activity likely caused deadly infections in marine mammals
Fungal infections that have killed porpoises and dolphins in the Pacific Northwest may be linked to nearby human activities such as construction and…