#Titre Testing in Dogs

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Freedom from pain, suffering, disease and illnesses - one of the five freedoms of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 UK

Under the Animal Welfare Act all Animals have the rights to:

Freedom from hunger, thirst or malnutrition

Freedom from discomfort

To be able to exhibit normal behaviours

Freedom from fear and distress

To be protected from pain, suffering, disease and illnesses.

As it is such a big topic I'll explore each freedom within each blog.

Freedom from pain, suffering, disease and illnesses. This is another big one for me. One of the most misunderstood needs when addressing a change in behaviour is working through a process of elimination, beginning with a Vet check to rule out pain and illness as this can and does cause changes in behaviour.

Many guardians think that a booster appointment is the same as a Vet check. It isn't. Within a Vet check we are potentially looking at a full cbc (complete blood count) tweaked as needed for the individual dog so the blood test may actually be looking for more. A urinalysis to rule out any problems with the kidneys and liver or is there any information from the urine during analysis.

Your annual check up may look different if you have a senior dog, where further tests are done such as a cbc and urinalysis for example.

However in the years before the senior years, if you book an independent full vet check or wellness exam, you may already be aware that as well as checking over the body, they will listen to the heart and the lungs, take their temperature, check their pulse rate and respiratory rate. Feel the abdomen and limbs, check their teeth, eyes and ears. They may also take your dog's weight or do a body score. They may also do a rectal exam and check that there are no problems with the anal glands, they may also check their reflexes and watch their movements around the consultation room for a gait analysis. They may also do faecal exams, heartworm tests and possibly give parasite prevention if you purchase this from the vets.

The vet may also ask you about their routine and diet, so the vet can establish what is normal for your individual dog.

If your dog appears unwell or there is a change in behaviour you may find that they need to then explore a cbc and look at other diagnostic tests which can include the above or more depending on your individual dog.

When we advise guardians to have a Vet check when there is a behaviour change, many guardians say that they have just had their boosters so they don't understand why we are recommending a Vet check. This is on all of us as professionals to guide guardians through the above expected process for their dogs health and well being.

Working holistically we can also pull in the services and help across a multidisciplinary team of a nutritionist, hydrotherapist, canine chiropractor, physio, groomer and homoeopaths.

It is clear that it isn't the fault of anyone if a dog is taken ill or injured and that just like for humans being unwell or injured is a part of life.

However the five freedoms brought attention to the avoidance of negative welfare states which can reduce the likelihood of illness, disease and injury. By improving welfare standards, for example Vaccinations, titre tests, health screening and scores, keeping dogs indoors (as opposed to residing outdoors),with a highly nutritious diet, access to fresh water and in a safe environment was the first step in reducing the risk.

It was also identified within the five freedoms that affects and affective states also contribute to the unwellness or imbalances to the internal physical and functional wellness of animals. If you refer back to this blog: Freedom from distress you can read more about affects and affective states. https://www.facebook.com/100057373879884/posts/pfbid0sSymRUa7GdcdHYvMmebQkAM5rBUQKcgL1bGBmPFcJL78qnJpKnvPuY9j8LfeoE6Ul/

There is also another negative affect, which can affect dogs' health and wellness, which are the negative emotions that dogs can experience such as fear, anxiety, panic, frustration, anger, helplessness, depression, boredom and loneliness. The negative emotional states can cause unwellness in dogs just like it does with us. This has been evidenced by the sciences of neuroscience, behavioural and physiological. (2) Remembering that dogs also have mental health needs like us and can become physically unwell due to poor mental health.

So when a behaviourist begins by building a history form and a consult with lots of questions which can sometimes feel time consuming or irrelevant, it is because of the model of the five domains. To understand your dog as an individual in order to understand the why of the behaviour. Much like calling 111 and the speaker says “some of these questions may seem irrelevant.”(3)

It is also really important that we note within this freedom that there is a difference between surviving and thriving. For example the absolute minimum of keeping a dog alive and allowing them to thrive. For example puppy mills, where the dogs are given the absolute minimum to simply stay alive, we know that these dogs and their puppies are absolutely not in a state of thriving.

It is also important to note that dogs can be chronically over or underfed, exposed to bad and or extremes of weather, suffer with chronic injuries or infections and still be alive. (4)

It's important to understand that the phrase “when you know better you do better” is kept in mind here, my intention is not to offend or upset anyone, nor for anyone to feel bad. I raise this awareness and share this knowledge so that you have access to it.

I feel as a professional I have a duty of care to enable guardians and colleagues as much as possible, to have as much knowledge as possible. This will only enable better dog welfare when you have this information in a summarised and easy to understand format for everyone.

Many guardians and in fact professionals do not have this knowledge, nor do they know what to ask a Vet for, within a full health check and there is no shame in that. It is not easy to find this information and have it in terms that are not clinical.

Hopefully by sharing this knowledge you now feel you have a much wider understanding and can educate friends, family and colleagues about their own animals they share their home with.

If you are ever concerned about the welfare of someone's animal within the UK please contact the RSPCA https://www.rspca.org.uk/utilities/contactus/reportcruelty this will take you to a landing page to signpost you to the relavent service. The RSPCA is often overwhelmed with calls nationwide so utilising the website and even their chat button can help them to learn of your concern and take measures to further contact you. You can report concerns anonymously.

In the next and final blog concerning the Five freedoms I will be wrapping up with a summary and how we can help dogs now, with small changes!

References

1. Broom D.M. Cognitive ability and awareness in domestic animals and decisions about obligations to animals. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 2010;126:1–11. doi: 10.1016/j.applanim.2010.05.001.

2. Panksepp J. Affective consciousness: Core emotional feelings in animals and humans. Conscious. Cogn. 2005;14:30–80. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2004.10.004. Gregory N.G. Physiology and Behaviour of Animal Suffering. Blackwell Science; Oxford, UK: 2004.

Mellor D.J., Beausoleil N.J. Extending the ‘Five Domains’ model for animal welfare assessment to incorporate positive welfare states. Anim. Welfare. 2015;24:241��253. doi: 10.7120/09627286.24.3.241.

McMillan F.D. Maximising quality of life in ill animals. J. Am. Anim. Hosp. Assoc. 2003;39:227–235. doi: 10.5326/0390227.

Mellor D.J., Beausoleil N.J. Extending the ‘Five Domains’ model for animal welfare assessment to incorporate positive welfare states. Anim. Welfare. 2015;24:241–253. doi: 10.7120/09627286.24.3.241.

3. Edgar J.L., Mullan S.M., Pritchard J.C., McFarlane U.J.C., Main D.C.J. Towards a ‘good life’ for farm animals: Development of a resource tier framework to achieve positive welfare for laying hens. Animals. 2013;3:584–605. doi: 10.3390/ani3030584.

4. Mellor D.J. Animal emotions, behaviour and the promotion of positive welfare states. N. Z. Vet. J. 2012;60:1–8. doi: 10.1080/00480169.2011.619047.

Appleby M.C., Mench J.A., Olsson J.A.S., Hughes B.A., editors. Animal Welfare. 2nd ed. CAB International; Wallingford, UK: 2011.

Grandin T., editor. Improving Animal Welfare: A Practical Approach. 2nd ed. CAB International; Boston, MA, USA: 2015.

Webster J., editor. Management and Welfare of Farm Animals. UFAW Farm Handbook. Wiley-Blackwell; Chichester, UK: 2011.

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Assume Parvo everywhere

Anonymous said to @ask-drferox: If you know or suspect a dog with parvo has been in a public place (like, a dog park, or even a person park or walking trail or loose in your neighborhood or stuff) what should you do?

Assume parvo has been everywhere because the nasty little virus can survive in soil for up to 20 years, and given that canine parvo only showed up around the 1980′s it may well last longer than that.

Higher risk areas are places where dogs can free-run, pooping and vomiting wherever they like, deeper soils, and the beach where everything washes up eventually.

Vaccinate your dogs. Once they have finished their puppy course and are over 6 months old, the chance of picking up a parvo infection is extremely low.

Boost their parvo immunity every 3rd year in a high parvo area, or consider titre testing from the third year onwards if you’re not keen on vaccinating that much.

For unvaccinated and incompletely vaccinated puppies, keep them off the ground outside when socializing them. Socialization is still super important, more dogs are euthanised for behavior problems than parvo virus nationally across Australia.

Don’t send a puppy under 16 weeks (full vaccination course) to a home which previously had a parvo dog in it.

Remember that cats and foxes can also transmit canine parvovirus, so it is safer to just assume it’s been everywhere. Fortunately, the vaccine is highly effective.

Don’t let your dog investigate obvious piles of bloody diarrhea or vomit. Certainly do not allow it to consume such things.

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I'm sorry to bother you with this, but can I get feel-good stories from your followers who've lost their cats in completely different neighbourhoods or parts of the city than from where said cats live in? Pretty please? I'm in the middle of a big move from one country to another, and I had to temporarily leave my two cats with a kind caretaker to fix things in the new country while waiting for them to come along after three months have passed from their titre tests, and, well. Yeah, one ran away

from said caretaker, and it worries me because there are careless drivers here as well as feral dogs. And it helps even less that the cat that ran away looks like any other tabby cat, with no special markings or traits to set her apart from other cats. I don't know, I'm sorry for bothering you with this, but it's 5:15 AM and I'm unable to fall asleep and yeah...

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Winnie's Blog

Winnie’s Introduction to Raw feeding a species appropriate diet – 17th Jan 2020

    (This is a test blog and my first attempt whilst attending a social media course, being required to do a few practical experience during class time)

Winne’s breeder had weaned her on a raw diet of tripe and steak. Winnie was 10 weeks old when I brought her home on the 10th August 2016. I knew absolutely nothing of raw feeding.

Being a first time dog owner, I did not know anything of holistic or biologically appropriate feeding and I regrettably followed vet advice and Cockapoo group forums much to the detriment of the pup. I do wish that I had researched and known a little more before I got the pup and spared her some of the exposure to chemicals. I wish I had titre tested and understood immunity before blindly taking her for vaccinations that I not only did not understand buy had not been clearly explained to me by the vets, the conventional vet and conventional community actively encouraged and hassled me to use chemical flea and worm preventatives such as Bravecto and Millebax, I was also encouraged to stick to Kibble, dry feeding and received a plethora of useless advice by breed owners in group forums to try several kibbles, so we duly tried James WellBeloved, Guru, Platimum, Harringtons, Tails, Millies Wolfheart, Akela, Lilys Kitchen, Orijen, Eden, Barking Heads ….. and probably a few more brands, all before the pup reached 11 months of age. Winnie was a regular visitor to a conventional vet who also pushed the kibble brands that they pushed.  What I did not know or understand is that dry food is dead inorganic food with artificial, synthetic and carcinogenic ingredient void of any nutrients and enzymes.

I had also suspected that any derivative was posing to be a problem to Winnie and I learnt that nearly all of these kibble foods had some sort of chicken composition or derivatives in them ; often disguised and hidden within oils and fats. Much of the kibble market have this in their foods because chicken is cheap and easy to source for many. Chicken is a known pro-inflammatory food, and high in Omega 6 so must be balanced with Omega 3 to balance correctly.

Winnie did not enjoy kibble, she often refused mealtimes, she had copraghia (eating stools) she was a bag of bones and far too skinny, and to boot had anal gland issues that needed frequent draining because the diet was not right for her. With anal gland issues this had started itchy skin. Wrong food can lead to a disruptive gut and microbiome.

It was at 11 months of age that I had a eureka moment and the lightbulb went off in my head. Simply put “I NEEDED TO DO BETTER FOR HER”

So with my curiosity and interest piqued, and a nagging ache in my gut that something was not right and I needed to try something different to allow winnie to improve and help her to “thrive” not just to survive.

I joined the “Raw & Holistic cat and dog support group” run by Patricia Gethin and her experienced and professional admin and large following of experienced members.  Patricia personally hand held me to educate and encourage me to help me understand that Winnie would perhaps do better on a “fresh food species appropriate diet” …. And from there I bought some Paleo Ridge raw for Winnie to transition on.

We followed a guide of :-

#paleoridge

Week 1 – just tripe, we chose lamb tripe although Beef tripe is also available

Week 2 – Lamb tripe and introduced duck

Week 3 – she was ready for a “complete”

Regardless of whether you are preparing your own raw or are using a prepared raw food, it is best to start with just one protein source, like chicken or turkey. (We chose duck because I suspected chicken to be a problem to Winnie)

Feed one protein for one week at a time, if there are no signs of digestive upset you can try a new protein and so on.

I was told not to go straight in on completes whilst they transition. The advice I received was not to rush offal and bone for the first few weeks so not to completes until approximately week 3.

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Unalome

I have ten days until I start nursing school which seems complete impossible to me. It has taken me so long to get to this point in my life that I’m a little in shock that it’s finally here.

Here’s what happened so far in the last week:

Friday

I took my dog to get the staples removed from his face and had brunch downtown with my boyfriend. I spent a long time at the health department on Friday getting a Hep B titre and a Chicken Pox vaccine because apparently I never had my second Chicken Pox booster when I was a kid. That thing was so annoying. It left a huge welt on my arm that was very hard, sore, and itched. Plus, I was told that I have to avoid pregnant people for one month which is really inconvenient given that my best friend is currently pregnant. I was really hoping to be able to spend time with her before school started but that is now out the window. After I left the Health Department I went to another clinic to get a TB test. I also was doing some pet sitting Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Saturday

More pet sitting and cleaning up the house

Sunday

More pet sitting and brunch with my mother, to which we took our dogs.

Monday

I spent the entire day with my boyfriend which was so nice because I can’t remember the last time we got to spend this much time today and also have no idea when the next time will be.

Tuesday

I lost my job. I worked for a friend of mine and we had a disagreement and decided that the arrangement wasn’t working anymore. Honestly, I was relieved. It has given me time to get things handled before I start school. I am choosing to see this as the opportunity for me to start nursing school on the best foot forward that it is. I went to therapy, the grocery store, and spent more time with my boyfriend before going home to prep dinner. I love to cook but I am almost certain that I’m going to have a lot less time to do that once school starts.

Wednesday (Today)

Today, I went back to the Health Department to get my Hep B titre results and surprise, I needed a Hep B booster but the Health Department was all out and had no idea when they were going to get more in. I ended up calling about 10 places before I found someone that had it but since I’m not a child my insurance wouldn’t cover the Hep B booster. $93 later, I’m up to date on my vaccines.

What I am trying to take away from this week is that change happens. I finally have gotten to a place in my life where rather than moving backwards or standing still I actually feel like I’m moving forward.

Recently I saw a post on Facebook from a girl I went to high school with that detailed how she feels like compared to our peers she’s “behind”. She took the words right out of my brain. One of my biggest struggles is comparing myself to others, especially people my age, that I went to school with, and are pursuing the same career that I am. The important thing to remember is that the path is not always linear. Personally I am a fan of the Buddhist philosophy of Unalome. “In the Buddhist tradition, Unalome represents the path each person takes throughout their life. That road can be straight, circular, or winding.” If I ever get enough extra money to get a tattoo, that will probably be the first thing that I get done.

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Updates on the Situation for Animals in Ukraine

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Updates on the Situation for Animals in Ukraine

Since Russia invaded Ukraine and continues to attack, over two million people have fled the country. Many already traumatised people were being faced with the impossible decision of leaving their beloved animals behind due to the protocol for non-commercial movement of companion animals into the EU.

Animals Left Behind at Borders

The current regulations for bringing companion animals into the EU and the UK are impossible for refugees to follow in a state of war. They require that animals such as dogs and cats be vaccinated and microchipped and have a titre test for rabies – and many animals don’t meet the criteria.

PETA UK is keeping updated about the process at Ukraine’s borders, and mercifully, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia have all made entry for animals less bureaucratic. Many other countries are doing the same to allow Ukrainian refugees to travel there with their animal companions.

We strongly urge people not to leave their animals behind. Just like humans fleeing from war, companion animals will be scared and stressed and are dependent on their human guardians for comfort and security. We have been deeply moved by accounts of people walking enormous distances with their animals in their arms and have detailed below what Ukrainians need to know when arriving at border crossings of neighbouring countries in order to get their whole families, including their animal companions, to safety.

We are doing our best to keep this page up to date with information as we receive it.

New Regulations in Bordering Countries

Hungary

Animals can reportedly enter Hungary without a microchip, tattoo, proof of rabies vaccination, or titre test as long as these transition papers from the National Food Chain Safety Office (NÉBIH) have been completed.

Poland

According to the latest reports, refugees fleeing Ukraine are allowed to bring their companion animals with them across the border into Poland. Guardians must report them to the authorities once they have arrived at their destination.

Further information is available here.

Animal welfare organisations on the ground are working to rescue animals and take them to animal shelters along the Poland-Ukraine border for a chance at adoption, as well as looking after animals who have to stay in quarantine.

Romania

The chief veterinary authority in Bucharest (ANSVSA) has introduced an exception allowing animals coming from Ukraine to enter Romania with their human guardians, even if they are not vaccinated, microchipped, or tattooed and have no papers – as long as this form is completed.

PETA Germany’s contacts in the country have been in contact with the border stations to ensure that all borders have this information from the ANSVSA. People entering Romania with animals must visit the “Sanitary Veterinary Point” at the borders. If guardians do not have the required documents for the animals, they can fill out the authority’s form on the spot – then the animals can cross the border with their guardians. It seems that there is a maximum of five animals (dogs and cats) allowed per person. The situation remains opaque, however, as we are also receiving reports that – contrary to the official information from authorities – people are not being allowed to cross the border with their animal companions.

PETA Germany’s partner organisation in Romania, Eduxanima, is offering to vaccinate dogs and cats free of charge, carry out necessary blood tests, and provide the animals with sufficient food and veterinary care. Its facility is 600 km from the border in Argeș County. For more information, people are encouraged to contact Eduxanima at [email protected].

Slovakia

In Slovakia, the state veterinary office is also allowing animal companions accompanying Ukrainian refugees to enter, even if they do not meet the usual requirements. Guardians must fill out a form, which they can request from the staff of the Financial Administration of the Slovak Republic at the border, and then, upon arrival at the EU member state of their destination, they must report the animals to the local veterinary office.

Photo © Ратынский Вячеслав / UNIAN

Non-Border Countries

Regulations in Other EU Countries

Following European Commission advice that member states cut red tape for Ukrainian citizens arriving in the EU with companion animals, the following countries have suspended the requirement for a permit under Regulation (EU) 576/2013 until further notice. Instead, those entering these countries with companion animals must contact the local veterinary authority to establish the health status of their animal companion and start any necessary processes (such as quarantine, antibody titre determination, rabies vaccination, microchipping, and obtaining a pet passport) from there.

Austria

Animals can enter without documents, identification, or vaccination. Any veterinary measures, such as rabies vaccination, will be handled after entry.

There are no forms or regulations online yet, but we will update this page once any necessary documentation is shared.

Belgium

Ukrainian refugees travelling with animal companions (non-commercial traffic) to Belgium, without the necessary paperwork outlined under Article 32 of Regulation (EU) No 576/2013, must contact the Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC) to request a permit at [email protected].

In view of the emergency situation, the FASFC will temporarily allow companion animals into the country without a permit. These animals must be placed in home isolation and reported to the FASFC at [email protected].

More information is available here.

Bulgaria

Information on the simplified procedure for entry from the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency is available here.

Croatia

Animal companions can enter without meeting the usual requirements or prior authorisation. You can find more information on the simplified procedure here.

Cyprus

Cyprus has relaxed its entry regulations, but guardians are advised to notify officials of their arrival by e-mailing [email protected] before entering the country with their animals if possible.

Animal companions will need to be quarantined upon arrival at the address provided to officials. Once the quarantine period has ended, officials will monitor animals’ health by regularly checking in over a six-month period. If a guardian moves or leaves Cyprus during this period, they should let officials know using the above e-mail address.

Guardians will not incur any fees for veterinary services in the course of this process.

More information is available here.

Czech Republic

Dogs, cats, and ferrets entering the Czech Republic with their guardians from Ukraine do not need a tattoo or microchip, a health certificate from a veterinarian, or the results of a blood serum test proving they are free from rabies at the point of entry. After entering the country, animals must be quarantined for 10 days, tested for rabies by a veterinarian within 72 hours, and microchipped (if they are not already). After five to 10 days in quarantine, they will be tested again and then vaccinated against rabies.

Veterináři bez hranic ČR, a charity based in the Czech Republic, is doing excellent work and offering to cover veterinary costs (including obligatory procedures and all other medication), animal food, and other basic essentials for animal companions. Find out more here.

Denmark

Animal companions can enter Denmark, even if they don’t meet the usual requirements. However, guardians are asked to contact the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration before or as soon as possible upon arrival in Denmark by filling in this form and sending it to [email protected].

The guardians will be contacted once the form has been received. They may be required to vaccinate the animals or to isolate them, if there is a risk of rabies.

See more information here.

Estonia

Estonia is accepting animal companions from Ukraine who do not meet the usual entry requirements, but refugees must inform the Agriculture and Food Authority (PTA) and Tax and Customs Board (EMTA) of their animal companion. They must fill in the notification form either in advance or at the border and send it to [email protected], [email protected], and [email protected].

More information is available here.

Finland

Refugees travelling to Finland with animal companions are authorised to enter without prior application or a permit. Guardians are asked to present the animal and any paperwork they do have to Finnish Customs at the border upon entry, and customs staff will give further instructions from there.

See more information here.

France

France is welcoming refugees with animal companions even if they don’t meet the usual entry requirements. However, guardians must contact a veterinarian or the Departmental Directorate for the Protection of the Population (DDPP) as soon as possible upon arrival if their animal companion does not meet the usual requirements.

You can find more information here and contact details for local DDPP branches here.

Germany

Germany’s Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture has published details of its temporarily relaxed entry requirements here.

Greece

Greece has also agreed to flexible measures for refugees arriving with their animal companions. Animals can enter the country without meeting the usual requirements, but guardians must notify officials before they enter the country or as soon as possible afterwards.

To notify officials, guardians should send an e-mail to [email protected], detailing the address at which they will be staying, if possible.

Ireland

Animal companions can enter Ireland through several airports and ports without meeting the usual requirements. Guardians are being asked to bring as much documentation about their animal companion as they can and to contact their destination airport or port before arrival using the contact details below: • Cork Airport [email protected] • Dublin Airport [email protected] (+353 (0) 87 417 8986) • Dublin Port [email protected] • Ringaskiddy Port, Cork [email protected] • Rosslare Europort [email protected] • Shannon Airport [email protected]

Further instructions will be issued upon arrival. More information is available here.

Italy

Like many other EU countries, animals are now able to enter Italy without the usually required documents. Once there, they will need to contact local authorities.

Italian animal protection charity LAV is helping refugees, who can call its helpline on +39 06 4461325.

Latvia

Latvia is accepting animal companions from Ukraine, even if the usual entry requirements are not met. Guardians may carry out the requirements once they have safely arrived in Latvia.

See more information here.

Lithuania

Typically, animals entering Lithuania must be properly microchipped and vaccinated, have a valid animal passport, and meet all the usual requirements. However, due to the escalating situation in Ukraine, Lithuania is reportedly allowing animal companions to enter with their human guardians. They will be microchipped, vaccinated, and quarantined upon entry.

You can read more about the entry requirements and conditions of quarantine here.

Malta

If an animal companion coming from Ukraine does not meet Malta’s usual requirements, they will still be permitted entry. However, animals may have to be quarantined and other procedures, such as vaccination against rabies, may be required.

Find more information here, and keep up to date with any changes to the restrictions here.

If you have any questions, you can contact the Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries, Food and Animal Rights at [email protected] or on +356 21650393 or +356 99170532 (24/7).

The Netherlands

Restrictions have also been eased in the Netherlands. The nation’s food and products safety association (NVWA) does ask that the animal be reported in advance, insofar as this is possible. The rules are flexible for people travelling by car. For those travelling by plane, the animal should be reported to customs upon arrival and will be examined by a veterinarian on the spot. The NVWA does emphasise that refugees must also take their animal to a vet as soon as possible after arrival for registration, microchipping, and vaccination. Animals should also be quarantined until a visit to the vet is possible.

Portugal

All Portuguese borders and entry points have been informed that Ukrainian refugees may enter the country with their animal companions.

Guardians are asked to notify officials of their animal companion by contacting the General Directorate of Food and Veterinary Medicine (DGAV) at [email protected] or the Official Veterinarians at either [email protected] or [email protected].

Officials are handling the situation on a case-by-case basis and will advise on any additional steps required.

For more information, see here.

Sweden

When refugees arrive at the Swedish border, they must report their animal companion to customs staff. If the animal doesn’t meet the usual entry requirements, customs will contact the Swedish Board of Agriculture. At this point, the animal’s guardian may be asked questions or to show documentation if it is available. The guardian may be required to take certain measures to help stop the spread of rabies, such as submitting the animal for blood samples to be taken or for quarantine. However, measures will vary, as each individual is being assessed on a case-by-case basis.

Any refugees already in Sweden who have not reported their animal companion to customs must contact a veterinarian immediately. Please note, guardians must call ahead before arriving at any veterinary facility.

The Swedish Board of Agriculture will assume the cost for any measures needed, such as microchipping.

For more information, see here.

Slovenia

Slovenia is provisionally authorising the entry of companion animals, under certain conditions set out in the application process refugees are required to complete to ensure that the entry of these animals into the EU does not pose a risk of rabies introduction or transmission.

A contact point has been established at the headquarters of the Administration of the Republic of Slovenia for Food Safety, Veterinary Sector and Plant Protection (AFSVSPP) for processing applications: [email protected].

More information is available here.

Regulations in Non-EU countries

India

Following an appeal from PETA India, restrictions have been relaxed and India is allowing animal companions to enter the country with stranded Indians being rescued from Ukraine. If the usual entry requirements – such as a rabies vaccination and veterinary health certificate – cannot be met, animals will be quarantined.

You can read more about the entry requirements and conditions of quarantine here.

Mexico

After Mexico announced that it would not ease border restrictions for animal companions, PETA Latino sent an urgent letter to the foreign secretary urging the country to change its policy. Shortly after, officials confirmed that restrictions have now been eased for animal companions.

You can read more about the requirements to apply for refuge in Mexico here.

Embassy of Mexico in Ukraine contact details.

Moldova

People with animal companions crossing the border from Ukraine into Moldova are being allowed entry without presenting veterinary certificates or animal passports. More information is available here.

Once over the border in Moldova, refugees can also access help including free dog food, free microchipping, free veterinary passports, and free veterinary care. For more information about support available after crossing the border, see here.

Norway

Refugees travelling with animal companions who are not vaccinated or microchipped can now enter Norway. They will not be charged for the necessary vaccination, microchipping, or quarantine. The Norwegian Food Safety Authority asks those who can to notify it before entering the country by e-mail at [email protected].

More information is available here.

Switzerland

Switzerland is now permitting people fleeing Ukraine with cats and dogs to enter the country without meeting all the usual requirements. They must complete an application form from the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office of Switzerland (below) and send it to [email protected].

Due to the high risk of disease, entry with birds classed as “poultry” and hoofed animals remains prohibited. People with such animals must contact the veterinary authorities at their current location.

More information is available on the website of the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary office of Switzerland.

The United Kingdom

PETA has received confirmation from the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs that entry requirements for companion animals from Ukraine have now been altered, and emergency licences are in place for refugees entering the country with companion animals. While applying for a licence in advance is preferable to avoid delays, refugees can arrive at the border and the Animal and Plant Health Agency will assist them with simplified paperwork and cover the costs of vaccination and quarantine.

Please note that animals may be held in quarantine for up to four months, depending on the vaccination status of each animal. However, PETA is calling for this to be shortened and for regular visits from the animals’ guardians to be allowed.

If you are travelling from Ukraine with your animal companion, call +44 3000 200 301 (and select option 2) or e-mail [email protected] to find out what to do.

More information is available here.

What Are PETA Entities Doing to Help?

PETA UK has sent a letter to George Eustice, secretary of state for environment, food, and rural affairs, urging him to ease entry restrictions so that Ukrainian refugees may enter the UK with their companion animals.

PETA Germany is coordinating a delivery of nearly 20 tonnes of companion animal food as well as blankets to shelters in Ukraine. It’s a complex undertaking with lots of obstacles to overcome, but they are determined.

We will update this page with news as we receive it.

What You Can Do

Donate:

Help support PETA Germany’s work on the border. Donate to PETA’s Global Compassion Fund:

We have received reports of people wanting to help going to Ukrainian border countries.

We strongly advise against it. More and more border stations are reportedly closing to private individuals. Only shipments of aid that have been verified by customs are being allowed into Ukraine. Major aid organisations are on duty at the borders and coordinating help for refugees – with and without animals – so the best thing individuals can do is to support these organisations.

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The Complete Guide to the Titer Test for Cats and Dogs

A titer test (spelt  “titre” in the UK) is a diagnostic lab test. It measures the level of  antibodies circulating in the blood. These antibodies are produced when  antigens (like a virus or bacteria) produce a response from the immune  system.the Titer Test for Cats and Dogs

It’s  a simple procedure where a small sample of blood is drawn from the  animal. The sample is diluted, and the antibodies are measured. The  titer level is expressed as a ratio – revealing how many times the blood  can be diluted before no antibodies are detected.

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HOCL KILLS CORONAVIRUS

HOCL (50ppm) achieved > 5 log reduction in FCV titres in less than a minute!

Since the Coronavirus has been discovered in chickens for the first time in 1930, it has been discovered consistently from dogs, pigs, birds and humans in 1960.

It has a ssRNA as the genetic material, encrusted with skin. Its genome size is 26~32kb, and that is the large sized genome among the RNA virus. The Coronavirus enters a host, reduplicates its RNA, and makes necessary proteins.

In 2012, after the Coronavirus was discovered in Saudi Arabia, it has intensively broken out in Middle East area. This is similar to SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), caused nearly 800 deaths, was spread all over the world from Asia in 2003.

The incubation period is about one week, it is transmitted through the medium of air by coughs and sneezes.

Also the virus cause severe respiratory symptoms in common with SARS, like a high fever, cough, and difficulty breathing, etc. but, It features accompanying the acute kidney injury unlike SARS and according to the research, it has six times higher fatality rate than SARS. The Coronavirus shows a fatal aspect far more than SARS.

To prevent the virus, our HOCL-1 can remove the various pathogenic bacteria. It is the way to generate disinfecting water through electrolyzing a little amount of diluted salt.

The HOCL solution generated from the HOCL-1 has a strong and widespread sterilizing power, and these systems are being used to prevent various infectious disease by sterilization.

The diagram below from the Korea Testing and Research Institute / Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention show that in less than one minute the virus is eradicated.

Features of HOCL (Hypochlorous acid)

A colorless and transparent liquid with a weak odor of chlorine like tap water.

Doesn’t cause any harm even if it enters your eyes or mouth, because it is a safe ingredient.

Minimizes environmental pollution, because it resolves itself into external environment.

Maintenance cost is saved, because there is no need for any chemicals or soaps.

With a widespread disinfectant power, it is already recognized as a safe disinfectant.

The diagram below lays out the basic methods of how the system works through the electrolysis of water mixed with a small amount of salt.

The HOCL-1 system ensures a reliable supply of electrolyzed disinfectant based highly active Sodium hypochlorite or Hypochlorite.

Without affecting the pH level, just electric current passes through tap water mixed with a small amount of Salt (NaCl) or Hydrochloric acid (HCl) in an undivided electrolytic bath, the HOCL-1 generates activated elements such as NaOCl, HOCl, OH (Hydroxyl radical), O (Oxygen) etc.

Studies have touted the effectiveness of HOCL

Title: Cleansing effectiveness of Electrolyzed Water Depending on the Nursing Procedure and Degree of Hand Contamination

Authors: Yasuko Takahashi, Akemi Takeshita, Miyoko Endo, and Minako Sasaki

Journal: Biocontrol Science, Vol.7, 2002, №3, page: 173–179

Abstract Summary: We examined the antibacterial effectiveness of hand washing with electrolyzed water (EW) depending on the type of nursing procedure and differences in the degree of bacterial contamination on hands after the procedure.

With respect to the bacteria on the hands after diapering (relatively heavy contamination), changing positions (relatively light contamination), and endotracheal aspiration (light contamination), hand washing for 10s and 30s with EW lowered the hand bacterial counts after hand washing to the same level as or lower than that before the procedures. Washing with EW was as effective as washing with medicated liquid soap and 7.5% (w/v) povidone-iodine liquid.

Based on these results, we considered that and washing for 10s with EW could be applied to any of the procedures that require direct contact with the patient’s skin (diapering) or clothing (changing positions), as well as the procedures involving no direct contact with the patient (endotracheal aspiration).

Hypochlorous acid (50ppm) achieved > 5 log reduction in FCV titres in less than one minute.

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Sébastien Célerin

Aujourd’hui, je vous propose une interview backstage, celle de Sébastien Célerin, actuellement responsable d’édition chez Bragelonne Games. Son CV est aussi hétéroclite que long. Sébastien est issu de l’univers des jeux de rôle et il est notamment l’un des auteurs d’un jeu auquel j’ai beaucoup joué à l’époque : Retrofutur, aussi c’est un peu avec le cœur palpitant que j'écris ces lignes, ayant passé mes plus belles heures des MJ avec ce jeu. Sébastien a également participé à l’édition d’un jeu de figurines mythique à l’époque auquel j’ai joué des centaines d’heures : Confrontation.

Salut Sébastien, tout d’abord merci d’avoir accepté cette interview et merci d’avoir pondu Retrofutur, ce jeu tellement atypique et Confrontation, un des meilleurs jeux d’escarmouche qui existe! Pour commencer cette interview, peux-tu nous résumer un peu ton parcours avant d’arriver à l’édition de jeux de société avec Bragelone ? J’ai commencé ma carrière à la fin des années 90 comme créateur de contenu pour des jeux de rôle de Multisim et des jeux vidéos de ses partenaires de l’époque. J’ai ensuite été recruté par Frédéric Weil comme assistant éditorial, puis j’y ai piloté les développements des univers de créations françaises (Nephilim, Agone, Guildes, Rétrofutur) alors que l’entreprise développait ses premiers jeux de société, dont Citadelles. J’ai ensuite rejoint Rackham pour diriger le développement du JdR tiré de l’univers de Confrontation, Cadwallon, et j’ai en outre participé à Cry Havoc, la revue de Rackham et AT-43, sans oublier Confrontation 3, Dogs of War et Rag’narok 2. Je suis ensuite parti travaillé chez Play Factory pour y superviser DD4E au côté d’Arnaud Cuidet (rédacteur en chef du mag Dragon Rouge) et de Guillaume Gille-Naves. Cela m’a permis de collaborer au développement de Dooble notamment. Par la suite, j’ai quitté l’entertainment car j’ai répondu à une annonce que j’ai alors trouvée insolite. Une agence de comm expert en Marketing RH recherchait des game designers rôlistes. J’ai passé quelques années à développer des jeux sérieux sur toutes sortes de thèmes (recrutement, médiation culturelle…). En parallèle, je me suis associé à plusieurs personnes pour continuer à éditer du jeu, du JdR notamment mais pas seulement car je suis l’un des XII Singes qui a coédite Hanabi. J’ai également collaboré à plusieurs adaptations d’œuvre, comme des romans depuis des mangas, des drama depuis des jeux vidéos… Tout n’a pas vu le jour, comme souvent dans l’audiovisuel, mais ce fut de riches expériences. On s’arrête peut-être là car t’imagines bien qu’en plus de vingt ans, on fait des choses. Ces dernières années, je me suis surtout consacré aux jeux de société : Arcana, The Adventurers, Attack on Titan: The Last Stand, Tokyo Ghoul: Bloody Masquerade, Fearz… Et maintenant des jeux de société chez Bragelonne Games.

Tu as participé à l’élaboration de pas mal de jeux de rôles, peux-tu nous expliquer comment naît un jeu de rôle ? Oh ! Tu ne m’avais pas dit qu’on allait en fait travailler à un blog souhaitant faire le tour de cette question. Il y a plein de manières de faire, mais disons qu’il faut chercher à répondre à la double question suivante : qu’est-ce qu’on joue et pourquoi ? Sans une réponse claire à cela, tu peux développer un monde, ainsi qu’un système de résolution. Tu peux même proposer des innovations quant au dispositif, mais ce qui fait que nous jouerons un rôle dans toutes les acceptations du terme, ce sera la réponse apportée. Un personnage. Un rôle dans le groupe. Un rôle dans le monde. J’ai une question qui m’a toujours taraudé, as-tu une explication sur la chute assez brutale du jeu Confrontation ? C’est une question complexe. J’étais un collaborateur parmi d’autres. Nous étions plus de 80. Je crois que Rackham n’a pas su gérer la croissance de son activité et surtout la mutation de son statut juridique. Ce n’est pas rare. Avoir su créer une telle entreprise et un produit comme Confrontation, innovant sur un secteur dominé par une très grande entreprise mondiale, c’est déjà une prouesse entrepreneuriale. La développer, en faire une PME robuste qui attire les investisseurs, c’en est une autre. Et c’est ce que les fondateurs de Rackham, ont su faire. Ensuite, c’est sans doute un autre métier de piloter une entreprise détenue par des actionnaires aux attentes très diverses. Les capacités d’innovation sur les jeux Rackham ne sont pas en cause. Les dernières évolutions de Confrontation ont été saluées par la critique comme par sa communauté. AT-43 a marqué un tournant dans le jeu de figurines. J’en veux pour preuve qu’il n’est pas simple de se procurer les livres et les figurines produites à l’époque. Ceux qui les ont les conservent jalousement. Les idées nouvelles notamment en matière de jeux de société développées par bon nombre des personnes de mon équipe ont trouvé d’autres éditeurs. Jean-Baptiste Lullien et Nicolas Raoult ont pas trop mal réussi avec Zombicide au côté de Raphaël Guiton, co-fondateur de Rackham et sans doute le meilleur mondial en direction technique de production de figurines. Un Kickstarter a tenté de ressusciter la franchise, as-tu des nouvelles ? Aucune, mais il n’y a aucune raison pour que j’en aie. Je n’étais que salarié chez Rackham. Je peux simplement te dire qu’entre la fin de Rackham et le KS que tu évoques, d’autres projets ont été évoqués à propos de cet univers, dont un ouvrage pour rendre compatible les Wolfens et D&D. C’était en DD4E à l’époque. Une question pour l’éditeur maintenant, pourquoi Bragelonne, éditeur de romans, a-t-il souhaité se diversifier dans les jeux de société, y a-t-il un rapport avec la baisse des ventes de livre en général ? Les fondateurs de Bragelonne sont des joueurs. J’ai développé Agone au côté de Stéphane Marsan d’après l’univers de Mathieu Gaborit. Alain Névant, le patron de Bragelonne Games, a une impressionnante collection de jeux. Tu ne risques pas tes économies sur le développement de produits culturels sans y être profondément attaché, surtout quand ton secteur n’a pas la faveur des subventions. L’édition des littératures de l’imaginaire ou le jeu de société, c’est pas le cinéma ou le jeu vidéo. Quant à la relation avec l’évolution du marché du livre, si tu regardes le catalogue Bragelonne, tu verras qu’il a plutôt le vent en poupe. Les auteurs que publie Stéphane depuis 20 ans bénéficient aujourd’hui de jeu vidéo (The Witcher) et de série TV (Altered Carbon, Locke & Key). Si tu as cherché à acheter un livre à Noël dernier, tu as du voir bon nombre de ces titres en tête des ventes. Quelle est la ligne éditoriale de Bragelonne Games ? Est-ce qu’on se définie par un type de jeu ? Par un format de boîte ? Par un type d’emballage ? Un genre ? Un âge cible ? En nombre de joueurs ? Est-ce qu’on ne s’adressera qu’aux geeks ou aux joueurs réputés experts ? Bah, non, comme la plupart des éditeurs de jeux de société, en fait. Cela dit, nous sommes conscients que nous sommes attendus sur des adaptations d’œuvre que Bragelonne publie. Nous y travaillons et nous discutons des droits de quelques-unes. Quel est ton jeu préféré hors Bragelonne, Castelmore et Bragelonne Games ? Je sais pas si j’ai plus joué à Fief ou à Mare Nostrum, toute édition confondue… à Puerto Rico, peut-être. Hum… J’ai beaucoup joué à Pandemic et à Inca Empire. Mais ces dernières années, Azul a occupé pas mal de mes soirées (côté plateau gris). Et je m’amuse comme un petit fou à Rivière d’enfer. Mais celui qui m’a apporté le plus de plaisirs ludiques différents, c’est sans conteste Vampire: The Eternal Struggle dès Jyhad. Difficile de choisir… En fait, rien ne vaut l’animation d’un jeu de rôle pour des amis.

As tu un scoop à nous partager ? Les amateurs du Off de Cannes savent que nous travaillons sur une adaptation de Légende de David Gemmel. Hum… Ce n’est donc pas un scoop. Nous publierons l’édition française de For The Queen ainsi que des déclinaisons de cette machine à histoires. Et nous publierons un jour du JdR, un jeu d’enquêtes sans hasard (sans dés, en fait) mais dépendant du temps qui passe autour de la table. Et sans doute une nouvelle édition pour jouer dans les Lames du Cardinal.

Et si on sortait le jeu “Questions de merde” pour continuer cette interview ? Je tire 3 cartes, voici les questions : Voici les questions de la première carte À quelle époque aurais-tu aimé vivre ? Vivre ? Aucune. J’aurais bien aimé être le témoin de certains événements. Pas forcément très éloignés dans le passé. Être à un concert de Pink Floyd à leur début, ou voir les premiers concerts Death Punk ou la tournée de Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me. Participé aux premiers tests de Vampire The Masquerade pour pouvoir dire « sérieux, vos histoires de difficultés relatives, ça ne marchera pas ». Quelle petite erreur est capable de te mettre dans une colère noire ? Une colère noire ? Aucune. Comment expliquerais-tu à un enfant, comment on fait des bébés ? Tout le monde se pose la question à ton âge. Quand tu seras adolescent, tu seras en mesure d’en faire, et on en reparlera. D’ici là, demande-toi si tu as envie d’en faire bientôt, et donc si tu es prêt à renoncer à tes jouets, tes copains, à la cour de récré, à toutes ses heures passées sur la tablette ou la console… Pour te consacrer à ses envies et ses besoins quand il en a envie. Le moment venu, je répondrai à toutes tes questions et tu pourras compter sur moi pour parler de tous les aspects du sujet. Voici les questions de la deuxième carte Si tu pouvais être mécène, que financerais-tu ? La lutte contre les violences faites aux femmes, l’adoption d’enfants de par le monde, la lutte contre la faim, la protection des animaux… Et si je suis un mécène, il doit m’en rester un peu pour une rédaction d’un média dédié aux jeux de société. Quel est ton point faible en matière de bouffe ? Un point faible ? Drôle de question. J’adore les piments, et cela peut te jouer des tours. Comment ferais-tu comprendre à un(e) ami(e) qu’il/elle n’est pas ton/ta meilleur(e) amie ? Drôle de question. Mon entourage sait qui est ma meilleure amie. Je crois que si je découvrais un rapport déséquilibré, j’essaierais de m’investir davantage. Voici les questions de la dernière carte Quelle est la meilleure activité de “team-building” ? Hanabi ! À quelle occasion as-tu été trop cruel ? Aucune idée. Je crois pas être capable d’être cruel, mais peut-être qu’il existe quelqu’un qui pense le contraire. Que faire d’une crotte de nez quand on n’a pas de mouchoir ? Si je n’ai pas de mouchoir, je la laisse dans mon nez tant que faire se peut. Sinon, je devrais trouver ce qu’il faut dans les premiers sanitaires venus. Question Bonus : Qui aimerais-tu que j’interviewe ensuite et quelle question lui poserais-tu ? Bah, toi. Mais… Tu n’auras pas les questions à l’avance. Merci infiniment Sébastien d’avoir répondu à ces questions ! Je te souhaite beaucoup de succès avec ta maison d’édition, Bragelonne Games et j’attends les prochains jeux avec impatience !

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Skipped Vaccines

Anonymous said to ask-drferox: Say if you forgot/skipped a year with vaccinations with a dog, does it have any consequences for the vaccination schedule? Can you just start where you left of or do you have to start as if it was a puppy? I'm only finding articles about how vaccinations are important, of which I'm aware, but more than that I cannot find. So, what's the usual way to go at a dog that has gaps in it's vaccination routine?

So as a general rule, whether an adult dog has skipped a year, multiple years or never been vaccinated at all, the general rules are:

A single dose for distemper, infectious hepatitis and parvovirus should confer/boost immunity in a dog over 6 months of age.

If the dog has ever had a kennel cough vaccine, one booster should be adequate to boost immunity. If it’s potentially never had a kennel cough vaccine before, then two doses a month apart are recommended, but kennel cough is an optional vaccine unless the dog is going to a boarding kennel.

Follow the instructions for the rabies vaccine manufacturer and local laws, because you don’t mess around with rabies.

Even for a puppy over 12 weeks but under 6 months, you’d just do two C5 vaccines (distemper, parvo, infectious hepatitis, parainfluenza, bordatella) and not worry about ‘catching up’ the missing first one.

Assuming the dog was lucky enough to not get sick in that earlier vulnerable window, of course.

You could also consider titre testing the dog for distemper, hepatitis and parvo, as generally that vaccine will grant immunity for three or more years so long as they’re had at least one dose after 6 months of age, but sometimes that’s more expensive than just using the vaccine.

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Mademoizelle Movies Challenge 2020

Un film dont le titre est issu d’une chanson - Going to Brasil

Un film avec un(e) journaliste - The girl in the spider’s web

Un film réalisé par une femme - Lady Bird 

Un film ayant gagné un ours d’or - Sen to Chihiro no Kamikashuki (Le voyage de Chihiro)

Un film avec une voix off - Cinderella (live action - 2017)

Un film qui se déroule à la campagne - 3 Billboards, les panneaux de la vengeance

Un buddy movie -  Dumb and Dumber

Un film avec un personnage atteint d’un handicap - Inside I’m dancing / Rory O’Shea was here

Un court-métrage - What did Jack do ?

Un film qui n’est pas sorti en salles en France - L'ultime sacrifice

Un film choral - Reservoir Dogs

Un premier film - The cabin in the woods 

Un film sur le monde du travail

Un film réalisé par un(e) acteur/trice qui joue dedans - Jojo Rabbit 

Un film tourné dans la région de mon enfance - Taxi

Un survival - Instinct de survie

Un film sorti l’année de ton bac - X-Men: First Class

Un film qui se déroule avant le XXe siècle - La favorite 

Un film avec un caméo de réalisateur/trice - Clueless

Un film d’animation européen - The Queen's Corgi (film d’animation belge en langue anglaise)

Un film qui n’est ni en anglais ni en français - Millenium 1 ( Suédois VOSTFR )

Un film dont l’affiche est esthétique - Knives out

Un film français d’avant 1980 - Les Quatre Cents Coups (1959)

Un film avec un titre en un mot - Venom

Un film qui aurait dû avoir un Oscar - The Stranger (1946)

Un film adapté d’une pièce de théâtre - L’étudiante et Monsieur Henry

Un film qui m’a fait découvrir un(e) acteur/trice

Un film avec un meurtre - Millenium 2 

Un film avec un jeu - Rollerball (1975)

Un film sorti l’année de naissance d’un de mes parents

Un film avec une scène chantée ou dansée - Pan 

Un film avec un(e) acteur/trice que j’adore - Assasination Nation 

Un film avec un anti héro - Hancock

Un film muet - The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

Un film qui se passe à l’hôpital - The Killing of a Sacred Deer

Un film avec un titre contenant un aliment comestible

Un western - The lone ranger

Un film adapté d’un livre que j’ai lu - After : chapitre 1

Un film autour d’une grossesse

Un film d’un(e) réalisateur/trice asiatique - Parasite

Un film de guerre - Dunkerque

Un film avec des personnages principaux queer - Portrait de la jeune fille en feu 

Un film se déroulant pendant les fêtes de Noël ou pendant la Saint-Sylvestre - Taxi 3

Un film dont l’actrice principale est racisée

Un film que tu n’avais pas envie de voir - Kingsman : the golden circle

un film qui t'a fait pleurer de rire - Mr Popper’s penguins 

un film avec de la magie - The Covenant

un film vu au cinéma (transformé en : que j’aurais dû voir au cinema , vu le contexte ... Merci le Covid ...) - Sound of Metal

un film exclusif netflix  - You get Me 

une comédie musicale - Drôle de Frimousse (Funny Face)

un film dans lequel un objet est important - Le Seigneur des anneaux : le retour du roi 

Un film avec un scène en hélicoptère - Kong : Skull Island 

Le film préféré d'un.e ami - Mortal Kombat (film préféré d’ Eric lorsqu’il était petit et qu’il m’a recommandé à la base pour la catégorie “un film avec des ninjas” , mais le film est hors thème...)

Un film où l'eau / la mer est important - A cure for wellness

Un film que tu as trouvé nul - Ocean’s thirteen

Un Disney - Aladdin

Un film en huit-clos - Crawl

Un film avec des ninjas

Un film considéré comme un classique - Halloween 

Un film où le personnage est coincé dans une histoire en boucle - Edge of Tomorrow

Un film en noir et blanc - L’homme qui en savait trop (1ère version)

Un film avec une scène improbable - Alien Resurrection (Après avoir dégommé un alien particulièrement coriace à l’envers sur une échelle , le personnage de Ron Perlman en se redressant se retrouve nez à nez avec une petite araignée !)

Un film considéré comme l’un des meilleurs de la décennie selon Première - Gravity

Un film sensuel ou érotique - The Love Witch

Un film d’horreur psychologique - Get out

Un film qui te rassure - The jungle book ( dessin animé - 1967 )

Un film d’Amérique du Sud

Un film ayant reçu un oscar de la photographie - The Revenant 

Un film dont les personnages principaux sont des personnes âgées - Youth

Un biopic historique - Unbroken 

Un film avec un monstre surnaturel - Aliens : le retour 

Un film sur les enfants - Artemis Fowl

Un documentaire - Miss representative

Un film avec une saison dans le titre - Captain America : the Winter Soldier

Un film qui se passe en prison - Hunger

Un film avec des effets spéciaux qui ont mal vieilli - Silent Hill 2

Un film ayant passé le test de Bechdel - Captain Marvel

Un film ayant gagné l’oscar du meilleur décor - Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Un film dont un personnage a le même prénom que toi - Delicatessen

Un remake ou film ayant été objet de remake - Flubber 

Un film basé sur des faits réels - I,Tonya 

un film faisant partie d’une trilogie - Millenium 3

un film avec un(e) prof - Freedom Writers

un film ayant lieu dans un pays que j’aimerais visiter - The secret Scripture 

un film d’espionnage - Burn After Reading

un film avec un(e) psy - Sibyl

un film qui m’a mis en colère - The Miseducation of Cameron Post

un film se déroulant dans le futur - Aeon Flux

un film dont le titre commence par la première lettre de ton prénom - Joker

un film que j’ai aimé contre toute attente - Skin

un film avec un animal qui parle - Avengers : Endgame 

un film avec un couple de cinéma que j’adore

Un film sorti cette année - Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

Un film dirigé par un.e réalisateur.trice de moins de 30 ans - Tom à la ferme

Un film dont le personnage principal n’est pas humain - Cats and Dogs

Un film avec une couleur dans le titre - Green book

Un film dont tu aimes la BO -  Le seigneur des anneaux : Les deux tours

Un film avec un mariage - Wedding nightmare

Un film que ta mère/ton père/ta soeur*aime (* petit joker je n’ai pas trouvé les films que mon père m’a recommandé...) - Le loup de Wall Street

Un film dont je voudrais changer la fin - Mrs Doubtfire

EDIT 28/12 : 91/100 (dont un documentaire)

Films vus qui ne rentrent pas ( ou plus ) dans les catégories ci dessus :

- Spider man : Far From Home 

- Dark Shadows

- Peter Pan (dessin animé)

- Les 101 dalmatiens (film)

- Marvel Studios : Assembling a universe (documentaire)

- X-men 1

- L'Âge de glace : Les Lois de l'univers

- The talented Mr Ripley

- Kubrick par Kubrick (documentaire)

- Les Aristochats 

- Mulan (dessin animé)

- Who framed Roger Rabbit

- Marvel Studios : Expanding the universe (documentaire - présentation des series MCU à venir)

- Rogue One : A Star Wars Story

- X-men : the last stand

- Yes man

- X-men origins : Wolverine

- Atonement

- The lion king (dessin animé)

- The ruins

- The lucky one

- 21 Years : Quentin Tarantino (documentaire sur les oeuvres du réalisateur)

- The losers 

- Billy Elliot

- Julie Andrews , la mélodie d’une vie (documentaire sur la carrière de la chanteuse et actrice)

- Chef

- Push 

- Alice au pays des merveilles (dessin animé)

- Coming to America

- Robin des bois (dessin animé)

- Underwater

- 2 Fast 2 Furious ( volume 2 de la saga Fast and Furious)

- The Cell

- Captain America : Civil War (VOST)

- Ève ( court métrage)

- It

- I am Legend

- Triple frontier

- Busanhaeng (Train to Busan) (Sud coréen - VOSTFR)

- Destroyer

- Arrival

- The old guard

- Valkyrie

- Le Mans 66

- Peter Pan (film)

- Hook

- In Darkness

- Ingrid goes West

- The Wolverine

- The devil all the time

- Ex Machina

- X men : Days of Future past

- This is Paris Hilton ( documentaire sur la femme d’affaire )

- X men : Apocalypse

- Chadwick Boseman : a tribute for a King (documentaire en hommage à l’acteur - non référencé sur Senscritique )

- Trixie Mattel : moving parts ( documentaire sur la drag queen)

- Terminator 2: Judgment Day

- Disclorsure: Trans Lives on screen ( documentaire sur la transexualité et sa représentation dans les médias)

- Lights out

- The Conjuring

- Annabelle 

- The Witches (1990)

- La Leggenda del pianista sull'oceano

- Girl with a pearl earring 

- The Conjuring 2

- Edward Scissorhands

- Logan lucky

- A couteaux tirés (deja vu cette année en version original sous titré - Knives out)

- Il a déjà tes yeux

- The Sound of Music

- 102 Dalmatians

- Alien vs Predator

- Mulan (live action)

- Logan

- The King 

- Doctor Dolittle (1998)

- Dr Dolittle 2

- Star Wars : The Last Jedi

- After We Collided

- Bronson (titre original , vu en VOSTFR)

[bookpiofficial]

Rabies Virus Neutralizing Antibodies in Unvaccinated Rabies Occupational Risk Groups in Niger State, Nigeria | Chapter 13 | Current Trends in Disease and Health Vol. 1

Aims: To determine the presence of rabies virus neutralizing antibodies (rVNA) as well the potency of the rVNA in rabies occupational risk humans in Niger State of Nigeria.

Study Design: Cross-sectional study.

Place and Duration: Research was conducted at the Department of Veterinary Public Health, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria and Rabies Unit, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, Atlanta, USA, between May, 2012 and March, 2013.

Materials and Methods: A total of 185 human volunteers were recruited from rabies risk occupational groups who filled a structured questionnaire on their previous bite history and vaccination status, between May and July, 2012. A 2 ml each of blood from volunteers was collected and centrifuged at 3000 rpm for 10 minutes and sera separated into pre-labeled vacutainers. Standard Rapid fluorescent focus inhibition test (RFFIT) was used to detect the presence of rVNA in the sera. Further end point titration of the rVNA positive human sera was conducted to determine the potency.

Results: The results indicated that, detectable titre of rVNA was recorded in 16.4% (23 of 140) viable human sera screened. Although from the questionnaire survey, 21.7% (5 out of the 23 positives) responded to have been vaccinated over ten years prior. At least 3 of the respondents (1 dog butcher and 2 dog meat consumers) who responded not previously vaccinated had some neutralizing antibody titre range of 0.65 – 0.7 IU/ml which is above the minimum protective titre (0.5IU/ml) recommended by WHO. Similarly, 3 respondents (2 veterinarians and 1 animal health personnel) who responded to have been previously vaccinated (> 10 years earlier) yet had a high titre range of 0.5 – 5.4IU/ml. The highest specific rate for rVNA of 25% each was seen amongst the dog butchers and pet owners followed by hunters (20%) and dog meat consumers (14.8%). Up to 125 (67.6%) of the volunteers do consume dog meat with only 12 (9.6%) of them being dog butchers who source dogs for slaughter from households within and outside their territories.

Conclusion: Although the WHO minimum protective titre of rVNA is 0.5 IU/ml, the presence of relatively high titres amongst these risk groups in this report is an indication of a serious public health threat. This study recommends the vaccination of rabies high risk groups and further screening of rabies occupational risk and non risk groups in the study area and Nigeria at large. This study concludes that there is serological evidence of rVNA in the serum of vaccinated and unvaccinated rabies occupational risk groups in Nigeria. Rabies occupational risk groups are at risk of contracting rabies without overt symptoms of rabies, but serological response with some reasonable titres that may or may not be protective.

Author(s) Details

Dr.  A. Garba Diagnostics and Extension Department, National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom, Nigeria.

Read full article: http://bp.bookpi.org/index.php/bpi/catalog/view/59/652/533-1

View Volume: https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/ctdah/v1

[vetisntdead]

Wait till I tell you about the vet I met today who doesn't. Believe. In. The. Rabies. Vaccine.

Just because her dog didn't have the appropriate antibody level on titre test after she gave it and entire (!) vial of multidose (ie 10ml) of rabies vaccine.

There are several reasons why her dog could not have mounted the appropriate immune response, some being: break of cold chain or immunosuppression from Ehrlichia

Currently thinking about the lady who called our clinic to set up an appointment for her dog but refused the rabies vaccine because, and I quote, “Rabies doesn’t exist anymore”

[defunct-notfun]

for those who are worried they may need to flee the country but are worried about bringing their pets along, this site is a good resource.

you’ll want to avoid planning to flee to any country that requires a rabies antibody titre test. the test takes months to complete and requires the assistance of a government funded laboratory. it’s necessary red tape, but not something you want to fight with in an emergency. 

some countries may require a quarantine for your pet once you enter. these can be lengthy and you will be required to pay for them. 

most countries will not allow you to travel in with birds or herps, i’m sorry to say. rabbits are also high risk animals for??? some reason??? a lot of places.

anyway. do your homework when planning for emergencies. this site is a big help.