Tuesday, March 15, 2005

  Now that I've finally got ads in the upper right that are veterinary in nature, I run the risk of reverting back to stupid drug ads by mentioning a certain virus in this post.

You know what? I don't care. Maybe at least one of my three readers can use a good dose of lysine.

Random Veterinary Factoid for March 15, 2005:

Herpes simplex causes cold sores in humans.
Herpes simiae (a.k.a. Herpes B) causes cold sores in non-human primates.

If a monkey gets Herpes simplex, it won't get cold sores, but it will get encephalitis and die.

Likewise, if a human gets Herpes simiae, she won't get cold sores either, but she will get encaephalitis and die.

Take home message: Don's kiss monkeys or apes with cold sores.

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