Gastrointestinal Diseases from Animals

tiger snake :: Article Creator Woman Finds Highly Venomous Tiger Snake "slithering Up Her Leg" While Driving Down Australia Highway A driver cruising down a highway in eastern Australia felt something on her foot and discovered a deadly tiger snake "slithering up her leg," police said Sunday. Officers found her on the side of the Monash Freeway near Melbourne, barefoot and in a state of shock after her Friday morning encounter with the reptile, Victoria state police said in a news release titled: "Fangs on the freeway." "The woman explained that she had been travelling at 80kph (50 mph) on the freeway when she felt something on foot and looked down to find a deadly tiger snake slithering up her leg," police said in a statement. "Remarkably, she was able to fend the snake off her and weave through traffic before pulling over and leaping out of her car to safety." A driver cruising down a highwa...

mad cow disease is caused by :: Article Creator Mad Cow Disease And VCJD: Should I Worry? Mad cow disease or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) can cause a rare but fatal disease in people called variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD). But the risk of getting vCJD from eating beef today is very low. (Photo Credit: DigitalVision/Getty Images) Mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), is a neurological disease in cattle that gets worse over time. Instead of viruses or bacteria, it's caused by an infection from an abnormal version of a protein, called a prion. For reasons still unknown, this protein becomes harmful and destroys nervous system tissue in the brain and spinal cord. Scientists think the first cases of BSE happened in the U.K. In the 1970s. Two cases were found in 1986. It's possible the disease arose first when cattle were fed meat-and-bone meal containing the BSE prion. It also may have come fro...

pigs :: Article Creator The Rise Of China's Vertical Factory Farms Housing Thousands Of Pigs The village of Hongqiao, in Hubei province, China, with the vertical pig farm in the background, May 2025. JORDAN POUILLE/LE MONDE  A gray dust hung over the village of Hongqiao ("Rainbow Bridge"), located 10 kilometers Southwest of Ezhou, in Hubei province. Red trucks with worn-down tires constantly converged on a strange building, a black skyscraper humming in the middle of terraced fields. Nearby, an elderly couple tended a rice paddy. Harvest was a month away. "You don't like it, do you?" the man, who requested anonymity, called out. There was a thoughtful silence. "This stench, this smell of pollution, of shit! Nobody in the village likes it." He walked away, then turned back: "We're counting on you to report on this!" In the small houses of Hongqiao, portraits of Mao still hung above dining ta...

petsmart boarding :: Article Creator String Of Dogs Die After Stay At Boarding Facility By Anna Skinner is a Newsweek senior reporter based in Indianapolis. Her focus is reporting on the climate, environment and weather but she also reports on other topics for the National News Team. She has covered climate change and natural disasters extensively. Anna joined Newsweek in 2022 from Current Publishing, a local weekly central Indiana newspaper where she worked as a managing editor. She was a 2021 finalist for the Indy's Best & Brightest award in the media, entertainment and sports category. You can get in touch with Anna by emailing a.Skinner@newsweek.Com. Languages: English. Anna Skinner Senior Reporter news article Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Copy Link ✓ Link copied to clipboard! Listen Translate English (...

rotavirus in dogs :: Article Creator Rotavirus In Animals Rotavirus, which is a genus within the family Reoviridae, is among the most important etiological agents of severe diarrheal illness in humans and animals around the world. The genome of this pathogen, consisting of 11 segments of double-stranded ribonucleic acid (RNA), is characterized by genetic variability including point mutations, genomic reassortment, and genome rearrangements that lead to its considerable diversity. Image Credit: Kateryna Kon / Shutterstock.Com Animal rotaviruses are considered potential reservoirs for genetic exchange with human rotaviruses. There is now increasing evidence that animal rotaviruses can infect humans, either through direct transmission of the virus or by contributing one or several genes to reassortants with essentially a human strain genetic background. Types of animal rotaviruses Based on the antigenic sites located on the VP6 protein of ...

chimpanzee :: Article Creator Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest Takes In Seized Chimpanzee Living Alone At West Coast Game Park Safari CLE ELUM, Wash., June 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest in Cle Elum, Washington sent a rescue team to the Oregon Coast to relocate a lone chimpanzee from West Coast Game Park Safari on May 15th and continues to care for him as investigations remain active. George at West Coast Game Park Safari, photo from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals The 21-year-old chimpanzee, George, was the first animal to be removed from West Coast Game Park Safari during a four-day operation that included action and evidence gathering by several branches of law enforcement. 310 animals in total were seized and relocated. The Bandon, OR safari park received 78 animal welfare citations from the U.S. Department of Agriculture over the past year alone, noting cases of underfed lions, missing animals, poor sa...