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Out of bounds, out of luck

By Scott Weese on February 24, 2015
Posted in Dogs

From CTVnews.ca "A Brazilian [soccer] player was taken to a hospital for an anti-rabies shot after being bitten by a police dog during a match. The incident happened in the second half of a first-division game between Democrata and Tupi on Sunday in the Minas Gerais state regional championship. Democrata striker Joao Paulo …

St. Louis encephalitis in a horse

By Scott Weese on August 4, 2014
Posted in Horses

Hopefully we can chalk this one up on the "weird and not-so-wonderful" list, and not have it emerge as a significant problem. However, there’s something new to pay attention to as St. Louis Encephalitis virus (SLEV) infection was recently identified in a Brazilian horse with neurological clinical signs.

SLEV is a Flavivirus and a …

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