Welcome to episode 22 of Viral. Sorry we’ve been gone for about a month, but we are back in the proverbial saddle (get ready for more animal puns) and ready to sink our teeth into a new topic. This week we discuss the link between veterinary medicine and public health. You don’t need hawk vision to see the link here, as we have been transmitting and receiving disease-causing pathogens to and from other species for thousands of years.

Links for things mentioned in today’s show:
West Nile Virus & Birds: www.cdc.gov/westnile/dead-birds
Elephants & TB:
www.slate.com/blogs/wild_things/2015/03/24/elephant_tuberculosis_epidemic_zoo_and_circus_animals_passing_tb_to_humans.html
The Good Place: www.imdb.com/title/tt4955642
The Punisher: www.imdb.com/title/tt5675620
Good Omens: www.goodreads.com/book/show/12067.Good_Omens
Wooly: www.goodreads.com/book/show/32620335-woolly
One Health: www.onehealthinitiative.com

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