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CDC Study: Equine Practitioner Hygiene Could Use Improvement


July 02 2008, Article # 12180
In a multi-institutional study coordinated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), researchers found that many veterinarians do not consistently engage in behaviors or practices that are widely deemed protective against the spread and transmission of zoonotic diseases. Emerging infectious diseases are those that have appeared in a population for the first time, or that may have existed previously but are rapidly increasing in incidence ...



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