Dr. Martin Fettman was the first veterinarian to paticipate in an outer space mission onboard the space shuttle Columbia. He studied what happened to people and animals while they are in space with zero gravity. This research helped the improve the health and safety of other astronauts on later space missions.
On Health News from Around the Web- Salmonella from turtles...again
- Super Bowl, food safety and the Patriots - It's a winning team!
- South Africa suffers its largest-ever outbreak of African swine fever
- Value of Paraguay’s beef exports could drop 30 percent in 2012 due to FMD outbreaks, economists predict.
- Vaccine for Schmallenberg is two years away, British Veterinary Association says
- Norovirus from dogs?
- Contoversial studies show how H5N1 can jump natural barrier, advisory board says
- Paraguary will launch new campaign to control FMD outbreaks
- Dogs as a source of yeast infections?
- BC's not-so-West Nile case