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Naturally acquired picornavirus infections in primates at the Dhaka zoo.

The conditions in densely populated Bangladesh favor picornavirus transmission, resulting in a high rate of infection in the human population. Data suggest that nonhuman primates (NHP) may play a role in the maintenance and transmission of diverse picornaviruses in Bangladesh. At the Dhaka Zoo, multiple NHP species are caged in close proximity. Their proximity to other species and to humans, bo...

Naturally acquired simian retrovirus infections in central African hunters.

BACKGROUND Hunting and butchering of wild non-human primates infected with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) is thought to have sparked the HIV pandemic. Although SIV and other primate retroviruses infect laboratory workers and zoo workers, zoonotic retrovirus transmission has not been documented in natural settings. We investigated zoonotic infection in individuals living in central Africa. ...

Scorpion Venom Pisoning in Experimental Animals

Treating Animals Naturally

Jim Harter, Animals: J4J9 Copyright.Free lUustralions. olmes Rolston Ill's New York: Dover, 1979 Environmental Ethics1 is a wide-ranging work containing many valuable insights and suggestions. But his account of the human treatment of animals2 is seriously confused. It contains arbitrary distinc­ tions which serve as an apologetic for the status quo in our society. In this paper I explain the p...

Treating Animals Naturally?