Washington Post: Animal Diseases as Warnings
Animal Diseases as Warnings: Wider Tracking of Wildlife Illnesses Aimed at Detecting Bio-Attacks
Authors: D’Vera Cohn
Journal: Washington Post
Year: 2006 Pages: B03
In today’s paper:
“Not every animal disease indicates a human health risk, but some do more than we are always aware of,” said Peter Rabinowitz, an associate professor at the Yale University School of Medicine, the main author of a recent journal article concluding that wildlife, livestock or pets could play a key role in signaling an anthrax or plague attack. “Human health professionals don’t get a lot of training in this, and we are having to play catch-up.”
For more about that recent journal article, see this earlier Canary Database Project News item.
