Where passion for animals, science, and medicine lives…
The US is currently battling another foreign animal disease (FAD) outbreak. Virulent Newcastle Disease (VND) made its way into southern California and continues to spread. Newcastle Disease is considered to be one of the most important poultry diseases worldwide. The disease was first discovered in Indonesia in 1926. Newcastle Disease is caused by an avian […]
Continue Reading
It has been a very active summer for emerging disease outbreaks across the globe. The US has had two outbreaks thus far and is bracing for a third. Backyard poultry flocks have been scourged with Virulent Newcastle Disease, and commercial turkey flocks are fighting Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza. On the heels of these outbreaks, the […]
Continue Reading
Typhus, apoplexy, dysentery, dropsy, and coryza are all medical terms of yesteryear, and many of these words have not survived in common medical usage. This is due, in large part, to a lack of specificity in their meaning. Apoplexy, for example, could refer to both strokes and heart attacks. Dropsy is generalized edema. Abdominal dropsy […]
Continue Reading