Posted on 09/23/2005 8:06:40 PM PDT by neverdem
This site will help track this new respiratory illness:
> AGC, VIRGINIA TECH KICK OFF GREYHOUND HEALTH WEBSITE
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> The American Greyhound Council (AGC) and Virginia Tech (VT) have created a new website and communications network to assist greyhound racing regulators, veterinarians, industry members and adoption volunteers in recognizing and managing infectious diseases among greyhounds. The Greyhound Health Research and Information Network (GHRIN) is now on-line at http://www.ghrin.org.
> The website was developed after industry members and regulators recognized the need for a central source of timely and accurate information on disease outbreaks at greyhound tracks around the country.
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> GHRIN was developed by Dr. Brad Fenwick, Vice President of Research at Virginia Tech. Fenwick is also a professor of infectious disease pathobiology and an internationally recognized expert on greyhound health. "GHRIN is designed to help racing officials, tracks and others know what's happening nationwide on a real-time basis," Fenwick said. "It will help them determine when quarantines or other disease control measures are medically justified, and when other, less disruptive solutions would be appropriate to protect the health of greyhounds." Fenwick emphasized that there is no practical way to prevent sporadic outbreaks of infectious disease among animals or humans. The key, he said, is to make sure that when such outbreaks occur, the community response is based on accurate facts, sound science and accepted principles of epidemiology.
> "This system takes the informal network that's already out there and formalizes it so there's one place people can go to get hard data and advice they can rely on," Fenwick said.
> GHRIN will also offer general information on greyhound health, and serve as a forum to address frequently asked questions about greyhound pets.
> Jeffrey S. Douglas, MS, APR, Fellow, PRSA
> ____
> Director of Public Relations
> Virginia-Maryland Regional
> College of Veterinary Medicine
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> Virginia Tech
> Blacksburg, VA 24061
> United States of America
E. Frank Pearsall, II - DVM
Director of Development - Bldg. 0442
Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
Ping
Like Parvo wasn't bad enough.
Are there inoculations available yet?
IIRC, they're going to try the horse vaccine.
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