Vetzone Podcasting

Learn the three types of scientific bias, how to recognize them, why they impact your perception, and, most importantly, what this all has to do with oysters!

What are the genetic mechanisms of a pandemic? Let's recap 2020, influenza, and our current pandemic virus.

Where do you like your drugs? Learn about how topical location affects absorption - whether skin cream, handling substances, or inadvertent pesticide exposure. Learn how this ties into Bicycle Day and whether you should celebrate it or not!

This short podcast reviews Odds versus Probability and Odds Ratios versus Relative Risk. Learn why you should care!

In some parts of the country, fall has arrived.  Unfortunately, in South Texas, we never really make the transition to fall colors, pumpkin spice, or crisp sunrises.  What we settle for instead, is cooling weather and decreasing hordes of blood thirsty mosquitoes.  These aerial vampires not only cause intense irritation and itching from bites, they also transmit many serious diseases.

In our last podcast, we introduced our listeners to the basics of farmed Pacific white shrimp.  First reported this year, IHHNV was not the first shrimp FAD to occur in the US. 

When we discuss foreign animal diseases, we usually think of mammals, with the occasional bird outbreak.  But, in the field of veterinary medicine, we treat all species. 

Let's take a quick look into what p-values are and most importantly, what they can and cannot tell us. P-values help guide us on the path, make sure it truly the path you wish to go down. A must-listen for anyone reading scientific journals. 

Vacation season draws to a close.  School will soon start back.  Many people enjoyed a relaxing getaway, and perhaps stayed in a nice hotel.  In the recent outbreak of pneumonia in Atlanta, Georgia, we are reminded that occasionally people come home from vacation with more than a tan and some great memories.

After this podcast, you will want all of your DNA served with a light crop dusting as well! Learn about one of nature's ingenious safety mechanisms regarding DNA. It is fun and no fart sounds,  we promise. ;)

As one of Batman's enemies, Poison Ivy portrays an educational analogy on Cell Mediated Immunity (CMI), hapten toxins, and Type IV Hypersensitivity. Learn where Batman fits into this picture and much, much more.  

Most horse owners know to check their hay for quality, but do you also know to check for little striped, beetles?

Imagine a beautiful summer evening.  You are sitting in your chair, listening to the birds and watching deer move in.  Such a peaceful, serene, relaxing evening.  Now, imagine the same idyllic scene with no deer. 

There are hundreds of species of malaria. How many infect people? How many will it kill? How can Nietzsche help us? Learn all of this and more in the third installment of malaria vaccines!

The US is currently battling another foreign animal disease outbreak.  Last week, vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) was identified in two horses in south Texas and one in New Mexico.

In this second part to the new malaria vaccine, Mosquirix, we dive into some intricacies of the vaccine and review some common vaccine terms along the way. We even dispell a common veterinary vaccine myth. Fun stuff!

We are going to step back from the normal informational post and test your foreign animal disease (FAD) knowledge.  This post’s onus stems from my recent trip to Plum Island Animal Disease Center.  I was struck by each disease’s clinical signs, and how easily I would have inadvertently mis-diagnosed a FAD in practice.

Why did it take more than 50 years to make a vaccine against malaria? It kills hundreds of thousands of children every year, but solutions have been slow to manifest. In this quick intro, we will cover the lifecycle that makes vaccine generation a challenge. 

How to do you save the human race by vaccinating a species who can't make antibodies? Sound crazy? Two doctors from Finland have figured a way. 

Ever wonder about how clean a public pool or water park is? Even a nice looking one? Learn more here and while we're at it we will talk about Cryptosporidium.