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As if bats didn't have enough trouble lately...

Postby Steven Johnson » Nov 6, 2009 9:22 pm

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13639_3-10391977-42.html

"Bird flu, swine flu, anthrax; and now add Hendra--a lethal virus that resides in bat urine and horse spit--to the ever increasing list of barnyard threats. The U.S. and other countries are investing in Hendra virus research because they fear it may be used in biological warfare, Dr. Peter Reid told horse owners and "bat carers" at the Queensland Horse Council Hendra virus conference last week. And Dr. Reid should know--he was the veterinarian involved in the first known Hendra outbreak, which killed prominent Queensland horse trainer Vic Rail and 14 of his horses in 1994."
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Re: As if bats didn't have enough trouble lately...

Postby Joseph W. Dixon » Nov 11, 2009 9:53 am

Let's just pray this doesn't lead to the same kind of panicky, ignorant overreaction that occurred with swine flu.
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