State bioterror monitoring expanded to animals
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State health officials are expanding their early warning system for a bioterrorist attack by employing the help of rabbits, squirrels, mice and other critters.
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SACRAMENTO, California  - California will become the first U.S. state to try to measure how its residents are absorbing chemicals from common products under a "bio-monitoring" bill signed on Friday by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Protection zone set up after cow in Watford tests positive for disease
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The threat of animal diseases spreading to humans is increasing and governments must improve coordination to prevent them from becoming pandemic, world health officials and vets said on Thursday.
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Five new bluetongue cases prompt the extension of control zones in East Sussex and East Anglia.
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The US Department of Agriculture yesterday said it is testing a suspect animal for mad cow disease and would know within a week whether it has discovered the second case in the United States.
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States that routinely deal with hurricanes and other natural disasters are better prepared than others to handle bioterrorism, but overall the nation is struggling to develop plans for public health emergencies.
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Investigations into the recent foot-and-mouth outbreak find five bio-security breaches at a government lab.
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Virus expert says government must order vaccination of livestock.
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Responding to concerns in the food industry, companies developing cloned livestock have come up with a system to track the animals as they move through farms and slaughterhouses.
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Â·  Animals on second Suffolk farm infected Â·  Restrictions on livestock movement eased
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Government scientists are chasing a possible new case of mad cow disease in the United States, with final results on a suspicious slaughtered animal expected
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The $40 million high-security laboratory will test and develop new vaccines and treatments to defend the public against bioterrorism, officials announced Tuesday.  -The Washington Post
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Human Genome Sciences said yesterday that ABthrax, its experimental treatment for anthrax infection, dramatically increased survival in animals exposed to lethal doses of anthrax spores.
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MELBOURNE, Australia - Crime scene investigation is going to the dogs. Animal control officers in one southern Australian city are being trained and equipped to gather DNA clues at the scene of every dog attack on a human or pet, officials said Sunday.
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Some animal movement limits imposed after the outbreak of foot-and-mouth are eased, despite a seventh case being confirmed.
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New computer-based tools are helping track outbreaks of food contamination in the United States faster, food safety officials say, but they need more funds to meet a growing public demand for a safe food supply.