Many thanks to Lena Miremonde for an excellent interview with Dr. Ed Breitschwerdt earlier this month. Lena explored the origins of Dr. Breitschwerdt’s Bartonella research program at NC State University, the development of the BAPGM medium as a diagnostic tool, and the founding of Galaxy Diagnostics. Interview with Dr. Ed Breitschwerdt, Lena Live Podcast, BBS Radio, January 2015 […]
A One Health Perspective on Bartonellosis
Check out a video highlighting Dr. Ed Breitschwerdt’s One Health Perspective on Bartonellosis – aka Cat Scratch Disease and other Bartonella species infections – from the 2014 NorVect Conference. [uxi_video id=”Sz9e-is-UuY” size=”800″ type=”youtube” ratio=”16by9″ center=”false” related=”false”] Bartonella are stealth pathogens with the ability to evade immune response and invade a broad range of cells in the […]
Diseases We Share with Our Pets
The CDC reports that 70% of emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic – that is, transmitted from animals to humans. What many people do not know is that we actually share many of these diseases with our pets. As pet owners, we need to know what the risks are, how to prevent these diseases, and what signs […]
Medical Webinars on Bartonella Infection
Big thank you goes out to the Center for Translational Medicine for organizing and presenting a series of webinars on Bartonella infection. Bartonellosis: a cause of vascular inflammation and chronic disease in humans and their pets. In this webinar series, Dr. Edward B. Breitschwerdt, DVM, and Dr. B. Robert Mozayeni, MD, present a two-part course for health professionals […]
People share microbes with family members, including our pets
Families with dogs in the home share more microbes than families with small children or married couples without a dog, according to a study published recently by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder. The research team led by Dr. Rob Knight emphasize in a recent NBC news interview that most of these microbes are non-threatening and simply part of the trillions of microbes […]
CDC Podcast: People Can Catch Diseases from Their Pets
Following a recent publication concerning the risks of zoonotic disease to pet owners, Dr. Carol Rubin, Associate Director for Zoonoses and One Health at CDC, discusses zoonotic diseases in pets and the One Health concept in a recent CDC podcast: People Can Catch Diseases from their Pets. Key points include: o More than 70 percent of emerging infectious […]
