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111disease — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ common ▪ obscure, rare ▪ dangerous, serious ▪ mild ▪ acute …
112Plum Island Animal Disease Center — The Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC) is a United States federal research facility dedicated to the study of foreign animal diseases. Since 1954, the center has had the goal of protecting America s livestock from foreign animal… …
113animal disease — ▪ non human Introduction an impairment of the normal state of an animal that interrupts or modifies its vital functions. Concern with diseases that afflict animals dates from the earliest human contacts with animals and is reflected… …
114Health and Disease — ▪ 2009 Introduction Food and Drug Safety. In 2008 the contamination of infant formula and related dairy products with melamine in China led to widespread health problems in children, including urinary problems and possible renal tube… …
115Agriculture and Food Supplies — ▪ 2007 Introduction Bird flu reached Europe and Africa, and concerns over BSE continued to disrupt trade in beef. An international vault for seeds was under construction on an Arctic island. Stocks of important food fish species were reported… …
116infectious disease — Introduction in medicine, a process caused by a microorganism that impairs a person s health. An infection, by contrast, is the invasion of and replication in the body by any of various microbial agents including bacteria, viruses (virus),… …
117May 2005 in Australia and New Zealand — 2005 : January February March April May June July August September October November December → NOTOC May 31, 2005 (Tuesday)* In Botswana, Australian lecturer Kenneth Good loses his appeal against deportation. He had criticized the government of… …
118Trouble on the Hoof: Disease Outbreaks in Europe — ▪ 2002 by Brian J. Ford Farmers rarely celebrate good fortune in the modern world, but British agriculture seemed to be emerging from a period of darkness as 2001 began. The scourge of “mad cow” disease was in retreat. After mad cow… …
119Swine vesicular disease — Taxobox name = Swine vesicular disease virus virus group = iv familia = Picornaviridae genus = Enterovirus species = Human enterovirus B subdivision ranks = Subtype subdivision = Swine vesicular disease virus Swine vesicular disease (SVD) is an… …
120Orf (disease) — Classification and external resources A thumb with two denuded orf lesions, following a bite by a sheep ICD 10 B08.0 (ILDS B08.040) …
