For example, this one vet chose to care for this pitbull puppy despite the fact that she had a rare and very serious disease ...

A dog with a rare and very serious disease that makes her unable to move her body makes a miraculous recovery after her vet ...

Use the growth medium to grow new copies of the Clostridium tetani bacteria. With a toxoid vaccine, the goal is to condition the immune system to combat not an invading virus or bacteria but ...

Consult a medical professional for advice. Source: Focus Medica. A bacterial infection by Clostridium tetani that affects the nervous system. This causes muscle contractions in the jaw and neck.

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Throughout the country the numbers of people contracting pertussis, aka whooping cough, have skyrocketed. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 14,569 cases of pertussis so far this ...