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One Health Headlines: Wednesday, November 23, 2011

This week’s One Health roundup comes a bit early due to the Thanksgiving holiday, but we still have plenty of great stories for you. In honor of the holiday, we’ll lead off with a look at how one group in Rhode Island is looking to reduce landfill waste this Thanksgiving by feeding turkey carcasses (pasteurized) and other leftovers to a local farmer’s pigs.

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Flu Pandemic Shows One Health Applied in the Trenches

Sometimes, the concept of One Health seems like a lofty, “pie in the sky” concept.  The convergence of human, animal and environmental health might seem a bit hard to visualize for some.  But sometimes it comes crashing down on us with harsh reality, reminding us this world isn’t as big as it seems.

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