Category: Infectious Disease Posts

Equine Infectious Anemia

Posted On By Kayla Wells DVM, MPH, DACVPMcomment

Good husbandry practices continue to eliminate many diseases that have plagued livestock owners for many generations.  We have seen the eradication of rinderpest, brought many states to the level of “Free” status of bovine brucellosis and tuberculosis, and eliminated foot and mouth disease from the US.  One equine disease continues to linger, however.  Equine infectious […]

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Category: Immunology

Of Cabbages, Kings, and Paratopes

Posted On By Christopher Lee DVM MPH DACVPMcomment
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Giving up ultimate power for peace, gardening and cabbages The Roman emperor Diocletian helped demarcate the separation between the Roman and Byzantine empires. While not a new concept to the realm, Diocletian split the ruling of Rome into eastern and western regions. However, his decision to retire, struck his subjects as a new and perplexing […]

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